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| A Unit Of Measurement Equal To The Average Distance Between The Earth And Sun |
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| The Distance Light Travels In One Year |
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| A Unit Of Measurement Used To Describe Large Distances, Equal To 3.26 Light Years |
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| A Cloud Of Dust And Gas In Space |
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| A Small Piece Of A Solar nebula That Condenses Into Protoplanetary Bodies |
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| A Clump Of Material That forms Before A Solar System. Fore Runner Of The Planets We See Today |
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| A Nuclear Process That Releases Massive Amounts Of Energy When Two Light Nuclei Combine For A Heavier One. |
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| Planets That Have A Rocky Or Grassy landscape. They Can Have Gasses. Mars Venus Earth Mercury |
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| Planets Made Entirely Of Gas. Usually Made Of Hydrogen, Helium, And Other Things. Saturn Uranus Neptune And Jupiter |
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| A Big Chunk Of Frozen Gasses, Ice, Debris, And Rock That Orbit The Sun |
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| A Small Planetary Body Orbitting The Sun. |
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| A Scientist Who Studies The Origin And Dynamics Of The Universe |
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| The Process In Which Dust And Gas Turn Into Stars And Planets |
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| When The Tides Increase During The Time Of The Full And New Moon |
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| When The Tides Decrease During The Times Of Both Half Moons |
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| The Distance Between The Foci And The Major Axis |
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| The Icy Area Around The Head And Body Of A Comet |
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| The Wobble Of The Earth's Axis Due To The Gravitational Pull Of The Earth And Sun |
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| The Path Of The Earth Around The Sun |
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| The Difference Between The Orbital Plane Of the Sun And The Orbit Of An Object Around It |
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| A Flow Of Hot Charged Particles Leaving The Sun |
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| A Small Rock IN SPACE (It Has To Be In Space To Be A Meteoroid) |
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| A Meteoroid When It Enters The Earth's Atmosphere. (It Has To Be In The Atmosphere To Be A Meteor) |
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| A Part Of A Meteor That Survives The Earths Atmosphere. (A Meteorite Is A Little Peice Of The Meteor Taken By Scientists) |
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| The Exact Mirror/Copy Of A Non-Luminous Object. |
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| A State Of Matter Where All Atoms Are Ionized |
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| The Layer Of Atmosphere About 80 To 400km Above The Earths Surface. Atoms Are Ionized There. |
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| An Atom With One Or More Electrons Removed Or Added. Added: Negative Charge Removed: Positive Charge |
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| The Bright Emission Of Atoms And Molecules Being Ionized. (The Northern And Southern Lights) |
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| The Study Of Light Interacting With Each Other |
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| A Scope That Has A Slit, Grating Or Prism. Used To Study Light Characteristics By Separating Into Different Colors |
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| The Range Of Colors (Red To Violet) That Results From Light Characteristics. |
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| Electromagnetic Radiation |
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| The Energy Given Off From The Sun That Travels Through Space. Travels At 3E8 Miles Per Second |
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| Electromagnetic Radiation That Ranges Between Visible Light And Gamma Rays. Given Off By The Sun |
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| Electromagnetic Radiation Between Microwave Power And Visible Light. Not Visible To The Human Eye. |
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| An Instrument Used To Detect Radio Waves. Large Dishes And Antennae. |
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| A Telescope Used To Detec X-ray Emission. The Earth's Atmosphere absorbs x-rays so the scopes are place high above the earth. |
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| The Wavelength Of An Electromagnetic Radiation That Is Of The Highest Accord. |
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| A Spectrum Of Bright Lines That Are Produced By Elements |
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| A Continuous Spectrum Interrupted By Absorption lines(Remember The Black lines On The Rainbow Thingy) Of A Spectrum. |
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| The Amount Of Energy Radiated Every Second |
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| A Large Cold Cloud Made Of Hydrogen Helium And Maybe Carbon Monoxide. New Stars Are Made Here |
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| The Explosion Of A Massive Star Where The Core Is Completely Burnt Out. They Are Very Shiny And Pretty |
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| The Core Of A Massive Star |
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| The Core Of A Star That Has Succumb To A SuperNova |
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| The State Of The Atmosphere |
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| The General Weather Pattern Of A Region |
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| A North-South Measurement Of A Position |
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| The Height Of A Land Surface Relative To Sea Level. |
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| A Long Lasting Block Of Ice And Snow That Develops On Land |
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| The Blowing Of Wind Upwards |
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| The Blowing Of Wind Downwards |
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| The Amount Of Heat Required To Increase The Temperature Of An Object |
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| The Climate In The Geological past |
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| Any Set Of Data That Has A Predictable Relationship |
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| Atoms Of A Different Mass Because Of Neutrons And Electrons. |
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| The Amount Of Radiation Passing Through A Specific Area. |
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| The Vertical Movement Of Sea Water. Caused By Differentiating Temperature |
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