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Astronamy Flashcards

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What are all of the planets in the solarsystem?

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Mercury, venus, earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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What are the four planets closest to the sun called?

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Inner planets/Terrestrial planets

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What are the four planets farthest from the sun called?

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Outer planets/Gas giants

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What is a celestial sphere

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an imaginary sphere around the earth used for navigation and astronamy

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What is a light year?

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300 000 km per second

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What is the unit of measurment from the earth to the sun

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An atronomical unit (AU) 150 000 000 km

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What takes place inside the sun that causes energy?

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A nuclear fusion with two molecules of helium fuse and create energy.

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What is the Canadarm2

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A robotic arm that takes and releases stalites at the international space station

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what is Dextre

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An attachment to the canadarm2 that can complete tasks and use tools

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How is mars’s atmophere different to earths?

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Mars’s atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide and nitrogen and earths is mostly oxygen and nitrogen

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What is the Phionex mars mission?

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The first mission to explore the Arctic region of Mars and confirmed that it snows there

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What were the other rovers that went to mars called?

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Sojourner, Pathfinder, spirit an oppertunity, curiosity (Used to see if there were livable enviorments), Percerverance (2020)

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What star do all the others look like they rotate around?

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Polaris / North star

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What constellation is Polaris in?

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The little dipper (Uras minor)

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What are the stars that circle Polaris called?

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Circumpolar

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What is a gravitationl pull?

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The force of attraction that keeps the other planets in a circular pattern. Its called an orbit.

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What is the difference between revolve and rotate?

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Rotate is when a singular object is turning around and revolve is when the turning object is also orbiting a different object.

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What is a star?

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A star is a ball shaped mass of superheated gases

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Where is oiur solar system navigated?

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The milky way galaxy

20
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How was the moon created?

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When the earth got hit by an astroide the size of mars.

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What are the layers of the moon?

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Core, mantel, surface

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What makes the moon shine?

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It is the reflection of the sun

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What are the waxing phases?

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The moon is gaining light

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What is a waning moon?

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The moon is losing light.

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What is a solar eclipse?

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When the moon moves directly between the sun and earth.

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What is a lunar eclipse?

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When the earth was directly between the sun and moon

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What was Apollo 11?

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Apollo 11 was the first two people to land on the moon.

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what is astronamy?

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The study of celestial objects

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What are the features of terrestrial planets?

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Rocky surfaces
Much smaller than other planets
Orbits cause them to be closer to the sun and other planets
Very few moons

30
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What are the features of gaz giants?

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No solid surface
very large
Orbits keep them farther away
Rings surround them
They have many moons
31
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What is the goldielocks zone

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The perfect area for life

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What is a solar wind?

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A stream of charged particles emitted from the sun

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Whats protecting earth from the solar wind?

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The magnetosphere

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What causes aurora borealis?

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The chemical reaction between solar winds and the magnetosphere

35
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What does the atmosphere protaect us from?

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UV rays. (Also traps heat)

36
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What are three factore that make life possible?

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Earths position in space
Earths magnetic feild
Earths atmosphere

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