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Dwarf planet   A spherical object that orbits the Sun, is not the moon of another planet, and has less mass than any of the other eight planets.  
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maria   Large flat areas of the moon  
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Solar eclipse   The moon passes between earth and the sun blocking the sun from view over the limited area where the moon cast its shadow  
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Lunar eclipse   The moon passes behind the earth and through the shadow.  
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Rotate   When objects in the solar system spin  
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Waxing phase   In which phase is it when more of the moon's near side is lit each night during this phase (right)  
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Waning phase   In which phase is it when less of the moon's near side is lit each night during this phase (left)  
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Umbra   The central ,darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked.  
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Tide   The daily rise and fall of sea level  
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Spring tides   During full and new moon phases  
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Neap tides   First and third quarter moon.  
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What is Mercury mostly made up of and what is its rotation?   Iron, nickel, silicon; 59 days  
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What are the 4 inner planets?   Mercury, Venus, earth, Mars  
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What are the 4 outer planets?   Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune  
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Greenhouse effect   The natural process that occurs when certain gases in the atmosphere absorb and reradiate thermal energy from the sun  
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Astronomical units (AU)   The average distance from earth to the sun -- about 150 million km  
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Luminosity   The true brightness of an object  
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Star color   Blue - hotter ; red - colder  
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Apparent magnitude   A measure of how bright an object appears from Earth  
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parallax   The apparent Change in an objects position caused by looking at it from two different points  
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Big Bang theory   Theorized explosion that created the universe and where all energy, matter, and space began.  
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Which two planets go through the greenhouse effect?   Earth and Venus  
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What are the two pieces of evidence for the Big Bang theory?   Background radiation and red shift.  
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When a red shift occurs do the objects move closer in or farther away?   Farther away  
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Meteors   Rocky materials that has entered earths atmosphere.  
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Meteorites   Strikes a planet or a moon.  
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Astonomical units   Distance from the eat he to the sun exactly 14597870700 meters = 93 million miles  
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What type of planet is Pluto?   Dwarf planet  
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Luminosity   Measure of how much energy leaves a star in a certain period of time.  
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Apparent magnitude   How bright a star appears to be.  
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Absolute magnitude   The actual brightness of a star.  
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Parallax   An apparent change in position ex: tumb  
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How do craters form?   When objects collide into the surface of another object  
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After the first week of the lunar cycle the moons entire ___________ half is lit.   Western  
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During the second week of the lunar cycle when the moons near side is completely lit is what type of moon?   Full moon  
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What is Mercury mostly made up of?   Iron, nickel, and silicon  
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What is Venus mostly made up of ?   Solidified lava  
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What is earth mostly made up of?   Oxygen and silicon  
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What is Mars mostly made up of?   Iron oxide  
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What is Jupiter mostly made up of?   Hydrogen and helium  
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What is Saturn mostly made up of?   Hydrogen and Helium  
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True or false: Mercury has NO atmosphere.   False  
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What planet is the hottest planet in the solar system?   Venus  
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True or False: earth is the only planet with water   True  
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Why Does Mars have a red color to it?   Because the soil on Mars contains ion oxide and that makes it red  
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What two substances is Saturn mostly made up of?   Hydrogen and helium  
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What is the order of the planets from the sun?   Mercury Venus earth Mars Jupiter Saturn urnaus Neptune  
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Geocentric theory is about what?   A theory about the earth ( look over page 1 in your notes)  
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What is heliocentric theory about?   A theory about the sun.  
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Inner planets are made of mostly what?   Solid rocky materials  
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An object in the solar system orbits of what around anothe object   Revolves  
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Waxing gibbous moon   Most of the right side is lit  
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First quarter moon   The right half of the moon appears lighted  
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Waxing crescent moon   The crescent will get smaller and smaller every day until the moon looks like the new moon.  
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New moon   The lighted side of the moon faces away from the earth- the moon is almost completely dark.  
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Waning crescent moon   ( waxing means increasing or growing larger) the lit side of the moon is on the right .  
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Third quarter moon   Sometimes called the last quarter. The left half of the moon appears lighted  
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Waning gibbous moon   ( waning means decreasing or to get smaller) the left side is lit up.  
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Full moon   The lighted side of the moon faces the earth. The moon that we see is very bright from the sunlight reflecting off of it.  
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Tides   The daily rise and fall of sea level  
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