Key Terms space
the scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth's atmosphere.
What is astronamy.
The cultivation of products with the main purpose of selling.
What is commercial farming?
The rotation of the earth.
What causes the days?
Bill Nye
What is the science guy?
(the Russian spy)
The spin of an object on its axis.
What is rotation?
Production of food to meet the needs of the farmer and his family.
What is subsistence farming?
The revolution of the earth.
What causes the seasons?
The path an object follows as it moves around another object.
What is orbit?
The type of farm that only produces crops.
What is arable farming?
the changing angles of the sunlight portion of the moon as it orbits the Earth.
What causes the phases of the moon?
The orbit of one object around another.
What is revolution?
The type of farming that produces a lot of product from a small area.
What is intensive farming?
The moon passing between the sun and Earth, blocking the sun's light and casting the moon's shadow on Earth.
What is the solar eclipse?
The line on witch an object rotates.
What is a rotational axis
The type of farming that produces less product on a bigger amount of land.
What is extensive farming?
When charged particles from the sun interact with Earth's atmosphere, primarily with oxygen and nitrogen molecules.
What causes the northern lights?