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43 Cards in this Set
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Universe |
What is the area in which all matter and energy is located? |
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Galaxy |
What is the area that are there more of one of that contain billions of stars and solar systems (Milky Way) |
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Solar System |
What is the area that we live in that there are billions of in our galaxy and have planets orbiting a star? |
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Star |
What is a large, fiery, ball of gas that has a large amount of gravity? |
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Planet |
What are there eight major of in our solar system? |
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Dwarf Planet |
A celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such. |
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Astronomical Unit |
What is the distance used when measuring space? |
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Constellation |
A group of stars that form an apparent pattern |
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Telescope |
A looking device used to see far into space |
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Light Year |
The distance light travels in a year |
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EM Spectrum |
The spectrum of electromagnetic waves. |
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Gravity |
The pull that an object has on another object based on mass. |
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Rotation |
When something is spinning. |
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Revolution |
When something is moving in a circle around something else. |
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Orbit |
The path something takes around something else |
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Moon |
A ball of rock that orbits around a planet |
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Satellite |
Something that orbits around a planet. |
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Axis |
Imaginary line on which something rotates |
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Biosphere |
All of the living things on earth |
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Hydrosphere |
All of the water on earth |
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Atmosphere |
All of the gases surrounding Earth |
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Magnetic field |
The magnetic effect of electric currents |
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Seasons |
Division of the year marked by changes in weather |
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Goldilocks Zone |
A place around a star containing enough resources to effectively sustain life on a planet |
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Zone of Habitation |
The area around a star where there are adequate resources so that life is possible. |
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Rotation |
Spinning on an axis |
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Revolution |
The motion of an object around another object |
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Equinox |
The two times of year in which each hemisphere receives the same amount of light, and day and night are of equal length. |
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Solstice |
The two times of the year in which days are the shortest or the longest. |
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Crescent |
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Crescent |
The small curved shape of the waxing or waning moon. |
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Gibbus |
The larger incomplete shape of the waxing or waning moon. |
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Lunar Eclipse |
The time at which the Earth is casting a shadow on the Moon. |
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Penumbra |
The partially shaded outer region of a shadow |
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Umbra |
The full shaded inner region of a shadow |
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Tides |
Rise and fall of sea levels |
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Phases |
Distinct periods within a process of change or movement. |
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Solar Eclipse |
When the moon casts a shadow on the earth. |
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Crater |
Point of impact of an object that has formed a dip. |
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Maria |
Large dark plains on the surface of the Earth's moon |
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Lunar |
Relating to the moon |
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Oort Cloud |
A spherical cloud surrounding our solar system. |
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Kuiper Belt |
A disc of debris orbiting on the same plane as the planets. |
