chapter two, S 1-3, World Geography
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| Meteoroid | a solid object moving in interplanetary space, of a size considerably smaller than an asteroid and considerably larger than an atom.
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| Meteor | the visible streak of light that occurs when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere.
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| Meteorite | portion of a meteoroid or asteroid that survives its passage through the atmosphere and impact with the ground without being destroyed
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| Asteroid Belt | located between Mars and Jupiter
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| Earth is described as an... | Oblate Spheroid
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| Satellite | Natural or Artificial, it is something that revolves around another thing.
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| Which two of the eight planets do not have moons? | Mercury and Venus.
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| Spring Tide | High tides are high and low tides are very low. This occurs when the gravitational pull of Sun/Moon to Earth are equal.
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| Neap Tide | Weak tides in which the Sun and moon are working together at a right angle.
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| Radio of the Moon to Earth. | 1/4.
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| Diameter and Circumference of Earth | Diameter: 12742 km/20,552 miles. Circumference: 40,075 km/64,637 miles.
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| Leap year | a year containing one extra day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year.
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| 4 Spheres | Atmosphere, lithosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere.
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| Asteroids | a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun.
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| Comet | an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma (a thin, fuzzy, temporary atmosphere) and sometimes also a tail.
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| Diameter and Circumference of the Sun | 1,392,000 kilometers (865,000 mi), 109/1, 4.379×10 6 km Circumference.
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| Diameter and Circumference of the Moon | 3474 km, 5603 miles, 10,921 km, 17,614 miles.
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