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KLS Sci Final Prac 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Light Year | Distance light travels in one year |
| Space Station | Large satellite on which people can live and work in space |
| phases of the moon | different shapes of the moon seen from different angles on earth |
| parallax | apparent movement of a star when seen from different positions |
| factors effecting force of gravity | mass and distance |
| sun's core | center of sun where nuclear fusion takes place |
| sun's corona | outer edge of sun seen during an eclipse where solar wind starts form |
| mass movement | movement of rock and debris caused by gravity |
| smallest terrestrial planet | mercury |
| largest terrestrial planet | earth |
| inner planet | mercury, venus, earth, mars |
| heliocentric | sun centered system |
| geocentric | earth centered system |
| quantitative observation | observation based on numbers and data |
| qualitative observation | observation based on qualities given without numbers |
| outer planets | jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune |
| evaporation | where water is heated and turns into water vapor or a gas out water vapor into atmosphere |
| earth's revolution | earth's movement around sun which takes one year or 365 days |
| Stsges of Saturn V Rocket | Engines for spacecraft that when have used up fuel break off rocket and fall to earth |
| deposition | process by which sedimant settles out of water or wind which is carrying it to form layers |
| erosion | process where wind, water, etc, carry sediment from one place to another |
| continental drift theory | theory that states that the continents were once joined together as a single continent and then slowly drifted apart |
| fossil | any trace of ancient organism that has been preserved in rock |
| Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion | The path of the planets around the sun is in the shape of an ellipse |
| remote sensing | data collected from a distance without direct contact |
| lithosphere | location of plates of the earth located in the crust and upper mantle |
| Craters | round pits created by steroid impacts on the moon |
| Heat and Pressure inside earth | Pressure and heat increase as you descend or go down in the earth |
| Outer Planet's characteristics | they are large, made of gas, far apart from each other, have rings |
| hydrosphere | sphere of the earth that contains all of the water on earth including liquid, solid and vapor |
| density formula | d = m/v |
| leeward | side of mountain facing away from wind that is dry and does not have much plannt life |
| windward | side of mountain facing wind that is moist and wet and has a lot of moisture and rainfall |
| scientific law | what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
| relief | difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area |
| evaporation | where water turns to a gas and puts water vapor into the atmosphere |
| used to measure mass | balance |
| used to measure volume in millilitres | graduated cylinder |
| used to measure weight | scale |
| precipitation | liquid that falls from a cloud, in any form, that reaches the ground |
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