Scott Foresman Science Vocab
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| Solstice | a point in earth's orbit around the sun where daylight is either the longest or the shortest amount possible
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| Equinox | a point in Earth's orbit around the sun where nights and days are the same length
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| Lunar eclipse | a darkening of the moon when it passes through Earth's shadow
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| Fusion | the combining of less massive elements to form more massive elements
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| Corona | a crown of glowing gases around the sun that can be seen during a total solar eclipse
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| Solar eclipse | an alignment of the sun, moon, and Earth where the moon blocks the sun from Earth's view
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| Sunspot | a region on the sun of very strong magnetic field
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| Solar flare | powerful eruption of very hot gases from the sun
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| Aurora | the glow or display of lights in the skies near polar latitudes
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| Galaxy | a system of billions of stars, gases, and dust
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| Quasar | brilliant objects in space that may be the power houses of developing galaxies
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| Nebula | cloud of gas and dust in space
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| Black Hole | an invisible object in space whose mass and gravitational force is so great that not even light can escape
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| Red shift | the changing of light waves from retreating objects to the red end of the spectrum
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