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Space Vocab Flashcards

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What is orbit?

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The circular path of an object as it revolves around another object.

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What is a solar system?

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A system of objects that revolves around a star.

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What is a galaxy?

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A group of solar systems, gas, stars, and dust held together by gravity

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This is everything that exists around, on, or in the earth.

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A universe

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What is a satellite?

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A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space.

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What is an impact crater?

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A large, circular pit in a planet of object caused by the impact if something hitting it.

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What is an axis of rotation?

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An imaginary line that something, such as a planet, spins or revolves around.

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This the orbiting of an object around another object.

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A revolution.

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What is a season?

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A period of the year determined by the position of the earth on it’s axis.

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The time or date in which the sun passes the celestial equator.

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An equinox .

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What is a solstice?

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When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky, marked by the longest or shortest days.

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What does Mare mean?

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The mare is a large, dark, ballistic planes on the moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions

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What is an eclipse?

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An eclipse is an astronomical phenomenon caused by the revaluation of the moon around the earth. When the moon mover into the earth’s shadow, we see a lunar eclipse. When the moon is directly in between the earth and the sun, we see the moo’s shadow, causing a solar eclipse.

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This is the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object experiencing the total effect of an eclipse.

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Umbra.

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The partially shaded outer region of the shadow caused by an opaque object.

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penumbra

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What is an Astronomical unit?

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This is a unit of measurement in our solar system.

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What is an ellipse?

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A regular oval shape, traced by a moving point in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points is consistent.

18
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What is a terrestrial planet?

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This is a planet that is composed of primary silicate rocks or metals.

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This is a planet of a relatively low density consisting of gas

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Gas giants

20
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What are asteroids?

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Asteroids are I regularly shaped rocks that revolve around the sun.

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What is a comet?

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A comet is a ball of ice and rock that is seen in the sky.

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What is a meteor?

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A meteor is a quick flash of light seen in the sky, also known as a shooting star.

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What is a meteorite?

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A meteorite is an asteroid that breaks away from the asteroid belt and lands on earth.

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What does geocentric mean?

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When the earth is at the center if the solar system, it is said to be geocentric.

25
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This comes from the Greek word that means sun, which is the center of our solar system.

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Heliocentric

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What is gravity?

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A force that exists between any two objects with mass.

27
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This is the rise and fall of the ocean due to the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon.

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Tides

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This is the moon at any time between the new and full moon.

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Waxing

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The moon at any time after the full moon and before the new moon.

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Waning

30
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Seen as more than half moon but not whole moon.

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Gibbous

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A moon that has a curved, thin shape in which the Middle is thicker than the points.

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Crescent moon.

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The time when the full disc of the moon is lit up.

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Full moon

33
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What is a new moon?

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The time when none of the moon is visible from earth.

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What is a quarter moon?

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When the moon is less than one half lit up.

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