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Space Vocabulary

Chapter 6 Vocabulary

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An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South Pole. axis
A push or pull. force
A force that attracts all objects together. gravity
The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion. inertia
States that every object in the universe are attracted to one another. law of universal gravitation
States that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with a constant speed and direction unless acted upon by a force. Newton's First Law of Motion
The path that Earth takes around the sun. orbit
The movement of one object around another object. revolution
The spinning of Earth on its axis. rotation
The measure of the force of gravity on an object. weight
The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth phases
when we see more of the moon's light waxing
when we see less of the moon's light waning
when an object in space comes between the sun and a third object and casts a shadow on that object eclipse
occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun solar eclipse
occurs at a full moon when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun lunar eclipse
the very darkest part of the moon's shadow umbra
the larger, but less dark shadow cast by the moon penumbra
the rise and fall of ocean water that occurs every 12.5 hours or so tides
a tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides, also called high tide spring tide
a tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides, also called low tide neap tide
dark, flat areas on the moon's surface maria
large round pits on the moon's surface craters
mountains on the moon highlands
chunks of rock and dust from space meteoroids
states when Earth was very young, a planet sized object collided with the Earth and caused the Earth's outer layers to be ejected into orbit around Earth, where it formed a ring. Gravity caused all of the material to clump together to form the moon. collision-ring theory
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