6TH GRADE Chapter 1 space vocabulary.
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| Astronomy | The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space.
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| Axis | The invisible point about which a planet rotates.
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| Rotation | Spinning about an axis.
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| Revolution | When one object revolves around another object in space.
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| Orbit | The path that an object revolves on.
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| Latitude | Imaginary lines that run West to East, and measure distances North and South.
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| Solstice | When the noon sun is overhead at 23.5 degrees south or 23.5 degrees north. Longest and shortest days of the year.
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| Equinox | Equal daylight and night.
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| Vernal Equinox | The equinox occurring in the springtime. Marks the beginning of Spring. Around March 21st.
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| Autumnal Equinox | The equinox occurring in the fall. Marks the beginning of fall. around September 21st.
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| Phase | The different appearances of the moon as it goes through its monthly cycle.
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| Eclipse | Either solar or lunar eclipses can occur.
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| Solar Eclipse | When the moon comes between the Earth and the sun. A shadow is cast on the Earth. Only happens during the new moon.
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| Umbra | The darkest part of the shadow when an eclipse happens.
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| Penumbra | The lightest part of the shadow when an eclipse happens.
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| Lunar Eclipse | When the Earth envelopes the moon in shadow. Only happens when the moon is full.
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| Tide | The rise and fall of water levels.
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| Gravity | The force that keeps all things on the surface of Earth. Gravitational pull depends on mass and distance.
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| Spring Tide | "Super Tide." Only happens in this order (sun,moon,earth)
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| Neap Tide | A smaller tide than spring tide. Only happens when the sun is at a right angle to the moon.
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| Satellite | Any natural or artificial object orbiting another object in space.
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| Geosynchronous Orbit | When an object revolves around Earth at the same rate that Earth rotates. It appears to hover over one spot.
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| Telescope | An instrument used to make objects appear closer than they really are.
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| Crater | Round pits formed by impacts of meteoroids.
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| Maria | Dark, flat regions. Galileo named them maria, the Latin word for "seas."
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