Science Flashcards
The path of an objects in space as it moves around another object due to gravity please
Orbits
The sun and it’s family orbiting planets and moons and other objects
Solar system
Millions and billions stars held together in a group held by their own gravity
Galaxy
Space and all matter and energy in it.
universe
A object that orbits a massive object .
satellite
A round pit left behind on a surface of a planet after a smaller object strikes the surface
Crater
A imaginary line about which a turning body as the earth rotates
Axis of Rotation
The motion of one body around another such as the earth in its orbit around the sun
revolution
One of the patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of year
Season
In a orbit a position and time in which sun shines equally both hemispheres
Equinox
In an orbit a position and time during which one hemisphere receives the maximum sunlight
solstice
are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth’s Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. They were dubbed maria, Latin for “seas”, by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas.
Mare
An event during which one object in space cast a shadow onto another
eclipse
The dark central region of a shadow such as cone of complete shadows cast by an objects
Umbra
A region of lighter shadow that may surround a dark central region
penumbra
