Science Unit 4 Space Deck 1 - the Solar System

asteroid

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a ____ in Earth's atmosphere. * A shooting star

• 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.

• any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

• An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.

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astronomy

• new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent
• The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space
• A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.
• the time required for the Earth to orbit once around the sun. The Earth takes 365 and 1/4 days to orbit the Sun.

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astronomer

• A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky
• The name often given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
• A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.

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atmosphere

• A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.
• 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.
• A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface.
• half of a sphere

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axis

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
• Tilt is the angle from vertical that the Earth is tilted on its "side". The Earth is tilted on its axis 23 degrees.
• An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates
• half of a sphere

eclipse

• an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
• stage
• Large cold planets with ring systems, many moons and lack solid surfaces (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
• the time required for Earth to rotate once on its axis. The Earth takes 24 hours to make one rotation or day is also referred to as the viewers side when facing the Sun.

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equator

• new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent
• an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
• A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
• The movement of an object (i.e. Earth) around another object (i.e. The Sun)

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constellation

• the time required for Earth to rotate once on its axis. The Earth takes 24 hours to make one rotation or day is also referred to as the viewers side when facing the Sun.
• The spinning of Earth on its axis
• relating to the moon
• A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky

crater

• an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
• the distance that light can travel in 1 year, which is 9.46 trillion km
• Large cold planets with ring systems, many moons and lack solid surfaces (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
• A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.

meteor

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere. * A shooting star
• any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
• Space and all the matter and energy in it
• The movement of an object (i.e. Earth) around another object (i.e. The Sun)