Exam 1 Study Words
Monday, June 10
Science
solar system
planet
celestial poles
North star (Polaris)
zenith
meridian
celestial equator
ecliptic
zodiac
constellations
circumpolar zone
precession
spring equinox
summer solstice
autumn equinox
winter solstice
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
umbra
penumbra
partial eclipse
terminator
limb
parallax
epicycles
Ptolemaic Theory
Copernican Revolution
inferior planets
superior planets
retrograde motion
lunar phases
new moon
first quarter moon
full moon
third quarter moon
Occam's Razor
Kepler's first law
Kepler's second law
Kepler's third law
ellipse
foci
semimajor axis
semiminor axis
aphelion
perihelion
Newton's Law of Gravitation
Newton's first law
Newton's second law
Newton's third law
crust
mantle
core
lithosphere
aesthenosphere
continental crust
oceanic crust
subduction zones
rift zones
seismic waves
differentiation
basalt
granite
shield volanoes
plate tectonics
hot spot volcanism
faults
Ring of Fire
magma
lava
magnetic field
early dense atmosphere
hadley circulation
Coriolis force
Impact craters
the greenhouse effect
the ozone hole
scattering
sidereal period
synodic period
ocean tides
body tides
regolith
soil
ejecta blanket
rille
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