Space

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Solar system

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The sun and its family of orbiting planets,moons,and other objects

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Galaxy

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Millions or billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity

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Universe

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Space and all the matter and in it

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Orbit

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The path of an object in space it moves around another object due to gravity

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Satellite

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an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.

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Impact crater

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a crater on a planet or moon caused by the impact of a meteorite or other object, typically circular with a raised rim.

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Axis of rotation

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An imaginary line about which a turning body , such as Earth rotates

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Revolution

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The motion of one body around another, such as earth in its orbit around the sun

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Season

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each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth’s changing position with regard to the sun.

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Equinox

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the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20).

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Solstice

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either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days.

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Mare

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A large dark plain of solidified lava on the moon.

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Eclipse

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An event during which one objects in cast a shadow into another

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Umbra

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The dark, central region of a shadow, such as the cone of complete shadow cast by object

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Penumbra

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A region of lighter shadow that may surround an umbra

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Astronomical unit (AU)

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Earth’s average distance from the sun, approximately mately 150 million kilometers( 93 million miles)

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Ellipse

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An oval or flattened circle

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terrestrial plants

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Earth or a planet similar to earth that has a rocky surface

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gas giant

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a large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.

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Asteroids

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a small rocky body orbiting the sun.

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Comet

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a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.

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Meteor

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a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth’s atmosphere,

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Meteorite

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a meteor that survives its passage through the earth’s atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground.

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Geocentric

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having or representing the earth as the center, as in former astronomical systems.

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Heliocentric

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having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.

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Gravity

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the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.

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Tide

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the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.

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Waxing

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the moon at any time after new moon and before full moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing.

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Waning

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the moon at any time after full moon and before new moon (so called because its illuminated area is decreasing).

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Gibbous

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A waxing gibbous moon appears high in the east at sunset. It’s more than half-lighted, but less than full.

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Crescent

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The word crescent is derived etymologically from the present participle of the Latin verb crescere “to grow”, thus meaning “waxing” or “increasing”, and so was originally applied to the form of the waxing moon (luna crescens). The English word is now commonly used to refer to either the waxing or waning shape.

Question 32

Full moon

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the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated.

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New moon

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the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth, or shortly thereafter when it appears as a slender crescent.

Question 34

Quarter moon

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Quarter moon synonyms, Quarter moon pronunciation, Quarter moon translation, English