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vocabulary | definition |
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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 |