Final 2016 Flashcards
Scientist uses the scientific method to develop scientific theory?
True
The revolution of the moon and the tilt of the moon on its axis is responsible for Earty’s seasons?
False
At the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere the North Pole receives almost 24 hours of day-light?
False
Weather is the characteristic weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?
False
The Geocentric theory states that all planet orbit around the Sun
False
A disturbance that transfer energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance.
Wave
A wave in which the disturbance moves at right angles to the direction of the wave
Transverse Wave
The highest point or peak of a wave
Crest
The lowest point or valley of a wave
Trough
The distance from one crest is to the next wave crest
Wave length
The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given period of time.
Frequency
The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity
Orbit
The Sun and its family of orbiting planets and moons and other objects
Solar system
In an orbit, a position and time in which sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, a time of the year when daylight and darkness are nearly equally for most parts of the Earth
Equinox
In an orbit, a position in time during which one hemisphere receives it maximum area of sunlight while the other hemisphere receives it minimum amount the time of the year when the days are either longest or shorter.
Solstice
