The people who work on a ship, plane, or spacecraft is called...

A body that moves around a star is...

A star that is at the center of a solar system is called...

The vehicle that travels into space is called...

Any NATURAL body that moves around a planet is called...

The path a body takes in space as it moves around another body is...

To move around an axis is to...

It moves around a planet, and it can be natural or artificial ...

Everything that exists including stars, planets, gas, dust, and energy

The system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it

a large, gaseous body at the center of the solar system

the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves

the brilliant explosion of a dying supergiant star

a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometers

one of the rocky objects revolving around the sun that is too small and numerous to be considered a planet

the brightness a star would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth

the brightness of a star as seen from Earth

the initial explosion that resulted in the formation and expansion of the universe

a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit

a huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

the distance that light travels in one year, about 9.46 trillion kilometers

a natural satellite that orbits a planet

a large cloud of gas and dust in space

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

a chunk of rock or dust in space, generally smaller than an asteroid

the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves

a contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star

electromagnetic radiation that can be seen with the unaided eye

an optical instrument that forms enlarged images of distant objects

all of space and everything in it

the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as the distance between two crests

the blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into space

A large piece of rock

or metal flying in

space that is left over

from the planets

A person who travels in space.

a group of stars, planets, dust and gas

force that weighs down objects

an object that moves around Earth that we

see mostly at nighttime in phases

an imaginary line

objects in space

follow as they move

around a larger object

a large round object in

space that follows a

path and moves

around a star like

the Sun

to move around

something in a

circular path

to spin on a center point

an object that moves

around Earth and

sends messages and

pictures to help us

learn about space

group of objects in

space, including the

Sun and everything

that moves around it

everything that can be

seen, touched and

sensed above Earth’s

atmosphere

craft that is reused

to carry people into

space and back

to Earth

a giant ball of

extremely hot gas that

burns and gives off

heat and light 

a star in the center of

the solar system that

burns gas and gives

off heat and light

a tool that makes

faraway objects look

bigger and closer

the collection of large and small bodies that orbit a star

spherical body that orbits the sun

large celestial body that is made of gas and emits light

large collection of stars, gas, and dust all held together by gravity

distance that light can travel in a year

space and all the matter and energy in it

the measure of a stars brightness as seen from Earth

measure of how bright a star would be if viewed from a standard distance

actual brightness of a star

large cloud of gas and dust where stars form

hot, dense core of matter that is left after an average star collapses

gigantic explosion of a high mass star

small, densely packed ball of neutrons

graph that shows temperature and luminosity of stars

region of the H-R diagram where stars spend most of their lives

an icy rock that orbits the sun in an ellipse; may form tails when close to the sun

small solar system bodies that orbit the sun; stony, metallic, or stony-metallic

A little chunk of rock in space smaller than a pickup truck. If it were bigger, it would be an asteroid

The streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere and starts to burn from the heat of friction; "shooting star"

A meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet

region between Mars and Jupiter where asteroids orbit

donut-shaped ring of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune

spherical shell around our solar system. It may contain more than a trillion icy bodies

an oval shape similar to a circle but longer and flatter

a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets

A large, bowl-shaped dent in the ground

 celestial body that orbits the sun and is round because of its own gravity but has not cleared other bodies out of its orbit

A line that cuts Earth in half and runs from the North to the South pole through England.

A line that cuts Earth in half and runs horizontally. Located around Mexico/northern South America.

Type of map that shows elevation through contour lines.

Type of map that shows borders of cities, states, counties, and countries.

Lines of Latitude

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Lines of Longitude

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Remote sensing programs that are used to create maps dealing with bodies of water.

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Remote sensing program that can you your location within 101 feet

Sphere of Earth that includes all living things.

Sphere of the Earth that includes ONLY people

Study of the atmosphere and weather

Study of physical matter on Earth including rocks and minerals

Study of space

A type of planet that is made up of land.

A landform on Earth formed by uprisings in Earth's crust from Volcanic activity.

Uprising in Earth's crust caused by deposits of sediment.

Which of earth's layers is between land and the innermost layer of Earth?

This layer of the Earth contains Earth's surface.

What is a rock

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition is referring to

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 280 Million Years ago.

What do we call an area where more then two plates interact in different ways

Solid, outer layer and is made of both the oceanic and continental crust.

Which statement best describes why fossils of the same land-dwelling species have been discovered in both South America and Africa?

This middle layer of earth, solid rock and is where convection currents occur

When to plates move apart the boundary is

The Earth's inner and outer core is mostly composed of which two metals

What is the difference between a scientific law and a scientific theory?

Which step, when solving a problem, involves making an inference based on reasoning and observations?

At one point in time, many people thought disease was caused by fate or by incorrect behavior. Following the invention of the microscope, bacteria were discovered. After this, a new theory of what causes disease arose that was known as the germ theory.  Why was the original theory modified? 

Jane Goodall spent years with the chimpanzees of Gombe. Sitting quietly for hours, she watched the animals closely and took notes about their behavior.  What was Jane Goodall doing?

Which of the following statements about a controlled experiment is true?

Explains something we see in the natural world that has been verified through repeated experiments or testing.

This variable is the one thing that changed on purpose...

how scientists go about asking and answering questions

The _ is an organized set of investigation procedures used by scientists.

Identify the dependent variable according to this graph.

During what Period were Dinosaurs present?

Put the following units of geological time in order from largest to smallest unit of time.

In our study of the Geologic Time Scale, how many Eons have we considered there to have been?

Which segment of time is the smallest?

The whole geologic history of the Earth divided into units of varying magnitude:

Eons are divided into these smaller units:

Each era can be further divided into:

The Archean and Proterozoic have far less information and are far less detailed than the Phanerozoic. Which of the following best describes the reason.

A characteristic of hydrothermal vents is that

Which condition is NOT needed for growth of coral

The portion of a lake or ocean where there is little or no sunlight. It is formally defined as the depths beyond which less than 1% of sunlight penetrates

organisms that drift in the ocean unable to swim against the currents

What do plants take in through their ROOTS to make food (or carry out photosynthesis)?

What do plants take in through their ROOTS to make food (or carry out photosynthesis)?

Where in a plant cell does photosynthesis take place

What is the purpose of photosynthesis?

What are the products of photosynthesis?

Cellular Respiration is the process in ALL LIVING THINGS that......