Chaper 8 Flashcards

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1
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Earth completes one rotation on its every hours.

A

Axis 29

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2
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When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is in the Southern Hemisphere

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Summer

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3
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The Northern or southern half of earth

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Hemisphere

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4
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An invisible line that runs through the middle of an object

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Axis

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5
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What earth does every 24 hours on its axis

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Rotate

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6
Q

Earth’s closest neighbor in space is the

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Moon

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7
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Moonlight is reflected light from the

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Sun

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8
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The moon orbits earth once in just over days.

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29

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9
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At any given time, the sun lights of the moon.

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one half

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10
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The moons gravity causes

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Tides

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11
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When comets get close to the sun, the from a

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Tail

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12
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I am a meteoroid that strikes earth’s surface.

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Meteoroid

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13
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I am 1 of the largest objects orbiting the sun.

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Plants

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14
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The orbits of the plants are shaped like a

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Ellipses

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15
Q

The four other plants lie behind

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Mars

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