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the range of wavelengths or frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends
Electromagnetic Spectrum
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List the Phases of the moon, Waxing & Waning
Waxing Crescent
Waning Crescent
Waning Gibbus
Waxing Gibbus
1st Quarter
3rd Quarter
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List the year these happened:
Russia launches the first two satellites into orbit around Earth, marking the beginning of space exploration.
The U.S. astronauts become the first humans to walk on the moon.
A Mars rover discovers rock formation and sulfate salts indicating that the planet once had flowing water.
1957
1969
2004
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are known as this.
The Gas Giants
the darkest part of a shadow, where the light source is completely blocked
Umbra
large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by lava flowing into ancient impact basins
Maria
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These are the solstices and equinoxes.
Summer Solstice ____
Winter Solstice ____
Vernal Equinox ____
Autumnal Equinox ____
June 21
December 21
March 21
September 22
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List Kepler's 3 Laws.
Planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun as a focus.
A planet covers the same area of space in the same amount of time no matter where it is in its orbit.
A planet’s orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit.
The abbreviation for Trans-Neptunian Object
TNO
a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to 490,806,662,402 ft
Astronomical Unit
a circular depression on the surface of the Moon that's formed when a meteorite or comet crashes into the Moon at high speeds
Impact Craters
On July 20, this country who launched Apollo 11, landed Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on the moon
The United States
This is the number of waves or oscillations that pass a given point per second.
Frequency
The four inner planets are given this name because they are similar in density to Earth and have solid, rocky surfaces.
Terrestrial Planets
anything that orbits a planet or a star
Satellite
when the sun is at its furthest point north or south from Earth's equator
Solstice
During the ____, the entire sunlit side of the moon is visible from Earth.
Full Moon
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched in this year.
1990
Pluto was discovered in this year by Clyde Tombaugh and called the 9th planet.
1930
a small, solid body of rock and ice that is considered a building block of planets
Planetesimals
a small, icy body composed of dust, rock, and frozen gases that orbits the Sun in a highly elliptical path, developing a visible tail when it gets close enough to the Sun to cause the ice to sublimate and release gas and dust particles
Comet
Earth's axis is tilted relative to the ecliptic at this many degrees.
23.5
The time period from one noon to the next is called this.
A solar day.
Pluto, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and Ceres have been placed into the classification of objects in space called this.
Dwarf Planets
a streak of light visible in the sky caused by a small piece of space rock entering Earth's atmosphere at high speed and burning up, often referred to as a "shooting star"
Meteor