LAWKI Flashcards
Wax and wane
To undergo increases and decreases
Lunar
of or pertaining to the moon: the lunar orbit.
measured by the moon’s revolutions: a lunar month.
resembling the moon; round or crescent-shaped.
of or pertaining to silver.
Asteroid
Also called minor planet. Astronomy . any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
Comet
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
Astronomy
Study of space or the stars
Hoax
something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
Meteor
a meteoroid that has entered the earth’s atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth’s atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
Tidal wave
Caused by earth quakes and other natural disasters,its a huge wave of water
Benign
having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile.
Catastrophic
of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.