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| vocabulary | definition |
|---|---|
| astronomy | |
| axis | |
| rotation | |
| revolution | |
| orbit | |
| calendar | |
| solstice | |
| equinox | |
| force | |
| gravity | |
| mass | |
| weight | |
| inertia | |
| Newton's First Law of motion | |
| law of universal gravity | |
| phases | |
| gibbous | |
| waning | |
| waxing | |
| crescent | |
| new moon | |
| full moon | |
| eclipses | |
| umbra | |
| penumbra | |
| neap tide | |
| high tide | |
| spring tide | |
| low tide | |
| tide | |
| lunar eclipse | |
| solar eclipse | |
| 27.3 days | |
| 29.5 days | |
| total vs partial solar eclipse | |
| maria | |
| telescope | |
| meteoroids | |
| craters | |
| rocket | |
| velocity | |
| escape velocity | |
| thrust | |
| orbital velocity | |
| Apollo | |
| John Glenn | |
| Alan Shepard | |
| Laika | |
| Sputnik | |
| satellite | |
| Yuri Gagarin | |
| N.A.S.A. | |
| Freedom | |
| space shuttle | |
| space station | |
| I.S.S | |
| Mir | |
| space probe | |
| Cassini | |
| Galileo | |
| rover | |
| Discovery | |
| Challenger | |
| Lunar Prospect | |
| remote sensing | |
| space spinoff | |
| GPS | |
| micro gravity | |
| vacuum | |
| geosynchronous | |
| orbit | |
| SONAR | |
| continental slope | |
| continental shelf | |
| Abyssal plain | |
| seafloor spreading | |
| divergent plates | |
| convergent plats | |
| plate | |
| mid-ocean ridge | |
| sea mount | |
| volcanic island | |
| trench | |
| neuritic zone | |
| innertidal zone | |
| open-ocean zone | |
| benthos | |
| plankton | |
| coral reefs | |
| kelp | |
| nekton | |
| food web | |
| mangroves swamps | |
| salt marches | |
| estuaries | |
| high tides line | |
| low tide line | |
| atoll | |
| bioluminesicents | |
| hydro thermal vents | |
| algae | |
| surface zones | |
| transitive zone | |
| deep zone | |
| nodule | |
| aquaculture |