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Space Part 1
Vocabulary for the Space Test on Feb 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aristotle | an ancient astronomer that believed that all of the planets and the sun orbit around the Earth->Geocentric Theory |
| Copernicus | an astronomer that believed that all of the planets orbit the Sun ->Heliocentric Theory |
| Galileo | an astronomer that proved that all of the planets orbit around the Sun by using the first telescope |
| Johannes Kepler | an astronomer that stated that all of the planets have an elliptical orbit around the sun |
| Percival Lowell | an astronomer that built the famous observatory in Flagstaff, AZ |
| Edwin Hubble | an astronomer that studied the big bang theory and had a telescope/satellite named after him |
| Carolyn Shoemaker | a female astronomer who filmed a comet impacting Jupiter *Arizona resident |
| Neil Armstrong | first man to walk on the moon |
| New Horizon | a space craft that is going to study Pluto |
| Juno | a space probe that is going to study the atmosphere of Jupiter |
| Orbiter | a space craft that orbits a planet and collects data |
| Flyby | a space craft that flies by a planet and takes pictures |
| Lander | a space craft that lands on a planet and collects data |
| Probe | a space craft that drops into the atmosphere of a planet and records temperatures |
| Mars Curiosity | a lander that is currently studying the surface of Mars |
| Mercury Program | the first manned space program 1 astronaut in capsule |
| Gemini Program | the second manned space program 2 astronauts in capsule |
| Apollo Program | the third manned space program that sent astronauts to the Moon |
| Skylab | first space station to orbit Earth |
| Space Shuttle | manned space craft that looks like an airplane *took people back and forth from the I.S.S |
| I.S.S | international space station |
| Rosetta Mission | a mission that sent a space probe to study a comet |
| Universe | largest object in space *full of galaxies and stars |
| Galaxy | second largest object *full of solar systems and stars |
| Solar System | contains planets, a star, asteroids, comets, and moons |
| Rotation | when an object spins on its axis *causes day and night |
| Revolution | when an object goes around another object *causes the seasons |
| Day and Night | caused by the Earth's rotation *changes the most at the poles |
| Axis | the imaginary line through the Earth *tilted 23 degrees |
| Seasons | patterns in temperature and weather changes throughout the year->Summer, Spring, Winter, and Fall |
| Equinox | when the sun shines equally on both hemispheres *Fall and Spring |
| Solstice | when the sun shines more on one hemisphere than the other *Winter and Summer |
| Moon | the Earth's only natural satellite |
| Mare | dark areas of the moon *made of basalt |
| Highlands | lighter areas of the moon *made of anorthosite and regolith |
| Craters | holes made in the Moon by meteorite impacts |
| Moon Phases (8) | New Moon, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent |
| Waning | when the moon is "losing light" *second half of the moon cycle |
| Waxing | when the moon is "gaining light" *first half of the moon cycle |
| Lunar Eclipse | when the Earth blocks the Sun from the Moon *the Moon is in the Earth's shadow and its Red |
| Solar Eclipse | when the Moon blocks the Sun from the Earth *the Earth is in the Moon's shadow |
| Tides (High and Low) | the rising and falling of sea levels caused by the Moon's gravitational pull on the oceans |
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