Vocab for Chapter 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| solar system | the sun and the group of bodies that revolve around it
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| planets | major bodies that orbit a star
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| moons | smaller objects that orbit the planets
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| satellite | a body that orbits a larger body
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| solar energy | energy from the sun which reaches earth as light and heat
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| rotation | one complete spin of earth on its axis
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| revolution | one elliptical orbit of earth around the sun
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| tropic of capricorn | the parallel 23 1/2 degrees SOUTH of the equator
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| tropic of cancer | the parallel 23 1/2 degrees NORTH of the equator
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| arctic circle | parallel 66 1/2 degrees north of the equator
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| antartic circle | the parallel 66 1/2 degrees south of the equator
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| tropics | warm, low altitude areas near the equator
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| solstice | the time that earths poles point at the greatest angle toward or away from the sun
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| polar regions | high latitude, cold regions around the north and south poles
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| equinox | the time when both earths poles are at a 90 degree angle from the sun and the suns direct rays strike the equator
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| atmosphere | the envelope of gasses that surround a planet like earth
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| lithosphere | solid crust of the earth
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| hydrosphere | earths water in all its forms
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| biosphere | the part of earth that includes all life forms
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| environment | combination of earths four spheres, including all of the biological, chemical, and physical conditions that affect life.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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