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Kevin's Outer Space
Integrated Science
Word | Meaning |
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Planet | Any of the nine primary bodies orbiting the sun. |
Solar System | The sun and all the objects that orbit around it. |
Asteriod | A small rocky object that orbits the sun, usually in a band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. |
New Moon | When the moon blocks sunlight on Earth. |
Lunar Eclipse | When Earth blocks moons sunlight. |
Universe | The sum of all matter and energy that exists, that ever has existed, and that ever will exist. |
Light Year | A unit of distance equl to the distance light travels in one year. |
Read Shift Theory | A shift toward the red end of the spectrum in the observed spectral lines of stars or galaxies. |
Constellation | A group of stars appearing in a pattern as seen from Earth. |
Coriolis Effect | The change in the direction of an objects path due to Earths rotation. |