Life As We Know It Ch. 1-4 Vocab. Flashcards
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Wax and Wane
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To undergo increases and decreases
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Lunar
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Pertaining to the moon
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Asteroid
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Minor planet; orbiting in space
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Comet
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Celestial body moving about the sun; central mass surrounded by dust/gas
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Astronomy
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Science thee deals with the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere
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Hoar
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Something intended to deceive or defraud
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Meteor
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Small bodies(comets) traveling through space entering the earth’s atmosphere
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Total Wave
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Large, destructive ocean wave produced by hurricane or strong wind
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Benign
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Gentle; kind
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Catastrophic
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Nature or disastrous event
