Lesson 1 - Asteroid Alert! Vocabulary

Lesson 1 - Asteroid Alert! Vocabulary

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Science

8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Reflectivity

Back

The property of reflecting light.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Crater

Back

A large, bowl-shaped hole in the ground normally caused by explosions or impacts.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Asteroid

Back

A rocky object that orbits the Sun.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Near-Earth Object (NEO)

Back

An object in space, such as an asteroid, whose orbit will bring it close to the Earth.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Absolute Brightness

Back

The term for how bright an object in space appears at a standard distance of 32.6 light-years or 10 parsecs.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Transparency

Back

The property of allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Opacity

Back

The measure of how much light is blocked by an object.

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