A | B |
force | push or pull |
gravity | attracts all objects torward eachother |
universal law of gravity | every object in the universe attracts every other object |
mass | amount of matter in an object |
weight | the force of gravity on an object's |
inertia | the tendency of a object to resist a change in motion |
newtons first law of motion | object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with a constant speed and direction unless acted on by an unbalanced force |
phases | different shaps of the moon you see from Earth |
eclipse | when an object in space comes between the sun and third object it cast a shadow on that object causing an eclispe |
solar eclipse | new moon blocks your view of the sun |
umbra | darest part of the moon's shadow |
penumbra | largest part of the shadow |
lunar eclipse | occurs at a full when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun |
tides | the rise and fall of the ocean water |
spring tide | their combined forces produce a tide withthe greatest between consecutive low and high tides |
neap tide | a tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides |