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Horizon

equinox

Humidity

Zenith

obliquity

Saturation (where have we seen this before!)

N. Celestial Pole, circumpolar constellations

New moon

Condensation

Orbit and orbital period

Full moon

convection

Rotation and rotational period

Crescent

Infrared rays

Axis

Gibbous

Heat capacity

Rising

Waxing and waning

Coriolis Effect

Setting

Solar eclipse

Low pressure/cyclones

Ecliptic Plane

Lunar eclipse

High pressure/anticyclones

Orbital and Rotational Periods

Tides

Isobar

Astronomical Unit

Spring and neap

millibar

Light Year

Roche limit

Pressure gradient

Star

Temperature

Temperature gradient

Stellar Luminosity

pressure

isotherm

Solar system

Troposphere

Fronts: cold and warm

Major planets

Stratosphere/ozone layer

Polar front

Terrestrial planets

Mesosphere

Jet stream

Jovian planets

thermosphere

climate

Dwarf planets

Hydrogen

Tropical, polar, temperate climates

Satellites

Helium

Subtropical climates

Habitable zone

Nitrogen

Continental climates

exoplanet

Oxygen

Gyre, Gulf Stream

Super Earths

Argon

Orographic lifting

Hot Jupiters

Carbon Dioxide

Greenhouse Effect

Impact craters

Greenhouse Gases

Direct vs. indirect rays

Solstice

Vocabulary for Mid-term #2 (different colors group the words by individual lectures)