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Science Proficiency 16 part 2
Key terms to know to be successful on your science proficiencies.
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| Red Shift | Is a shift in the frequency of a photon toward lower energy, or longer wavelength.,  |
| Parallax | Causes adjacent pictures for a panorama to differ in ways that prevents them from being stitched together perfectly,  |
| Comets | Is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma (a thin, fuzzy, temporary atmosphere),  |
| Asteroids | Sometimes grouped with centaurs, Neptune trojans and trans-Neptunian objects into minor planets,  |
| Telescope | An optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer.,  |
| Satellite | A device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc.,  |
| Nuclear Fusion | Happens when two light nuclei combine to form heavier nuclei.,  |
| Light Year | The distance light travels through space; approx. 9.46 trillion km.,  |
| Doppler Effect | The change in an observed frequency of a wave either sound or light.,  |
| Black Hole | Is a region of space from which nothing, not even light, can escape. It is the result of the deformation of spacetime caused by a very compact mass,  |
| Supernova | Is a stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova,  |
| White Dwarf | Also called a degenerate dwarf, is a small star composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter,  |
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