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Weather
Average atmospheric condition at a certain place at a given time
Climate
Average atmospheric conditions in a certain area over a long period of time
Wind movement
Hot air is less dense that cold air thus hot air rises and cold air sinks
Sea breeze
Takes place during the day; air flows from the sea to land
Land breeze
Takes place during the night; air flows from the land to sea
Cyclones
Violent whirling storm characterised by strong winds and rain covering large areas; created by winds converging at a low pressure area
Thunderstorms
Small cluster of storm clouds carrying heavy rain and something lightning
Tornadoes
Violent twisting funnel of air
Department of Science and Technology
DOST
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
PAGASA
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
PHILVOLCS
Department of Interior and Local Government
DILG
National Economic and Development Authority
NEDA
Meteorology
Study of the phenomenas in /of the atmosphere
Astronomy
Study of space, celestial bodies, and the behaviour of the universe
Aphelion
Farthest point of the Earth from the sun; colder temperatures
Perihelion
Closest part of the Earth in its orbit from the sun; hotter temperatures
Summer solstice
Longest days
Winter solstice
Shortest days
Equinox
Equal lengths of day and night
27
Days where the moon makes a full revolution around the Earth
Apogee
Farthest point of the moon from the Earth; lower gravitational pull — lower tides & less tide variation
Perigee
Closest point of the moon to the Earth; higher gravitational pull — higher tides & greater tide variation
Spring tide
High tides are higher and low tides are lower than usual
Neap tides
High tides are lower and low tides are higher than usual
Solar eclipse
Sun — Moon — Earth; occurs every 18 months but only repeats in the same location every 360-410 days
Lunar eclipse
Sun — Earth — Moon; happens during a full moon
Umbra
inner shadow during an eclipse where total darkness occurs.
Penumbra
outer shadow during an eclipse where partial darkness occurs.
Antumbra
region of shadow beyond the darkest shadow - creates a ring-like effect in an annual eclipse
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Terrestrial planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Jovian planets
Mercury
planet with very hot days and very cold nights
Venus
Earth’s “twin“ - “morning star“ - thick atmosphere, severe greenhouse effect
Earth
only known planet with living creatures
Mars
“red planet“
Jupiter
the largest planet in the solar system. It is a gas giant with a distinct Great Red Spot and many moons (95).
Saturn
has a complex planetary ring system - has the most moons (274)
Uranus
has an atmosphere with about 83% Hydrogen
Neptune
Blue in color. Has the Great Dark Spot
Natural satellites
smaller bodies orbiting around the planets
Asteroids
astronomical bodies revolving around the star but does not have enough mass to be spherical
Comets
chunk of ice revolving around a star
Galaxy
very large collection of smaller astronomical bodies revolving around a center
The Milky Way
the most important galaxy as it contains our solar system
spiral, barred spiral, elliptical, and irregular
types of galaxies
Stars
a massive body of gas that can produce energy through nuclear fusion - colors depend on age
Giants
main sequence stars reach their maximum size and starts to lose energy and become a star nebula
Super giants
star that is too massive to be a main sequence star — do not dissipate but explodes as a supernova
White dwarf
dying star
Nebula
immense gas cloud where stars are born
Main sequence
phase in the star life cycle form its birth to near death
Black hole
end result of a supernova when all the materials explode and compress due to gravity creating a neutron star (very dense star)
Pulsars
neutron star with high magnetic field that its electromagnetic emissions are concentrated at the magnetic poles
the big bang theory
a huge explosion occurred from a singularity and the immense energy created matter that is continually spreading outward, creating space
the big crunch
combined gravitation of all masses in the universe, expansion will eventually stop and begin to compress back into singularity
divine creation
religious belief which states that the universe was created by God
light year
the distance traveled by light in 1 year (9.46 × 10¹² km)