Unit F- List A Flashcards

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information gathered

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data

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an event related to hoe the world and universe work

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phenomenon

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any representation of a system, or it’s components, to help one study and understand how it works.

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model

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the imaginary around which and object spins , or rotates. Earth rotates around an axis that runs straight through Earth from the North pole to the South Pole.

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axis

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the phase of the moon in which the lit portion of the moon visible from earths surface is less than half-circle (crescent shape).Crescent moons occur right after and right before the New moon.

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crescent moon

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an imaginary circle that divides Earth in two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

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equator

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the phase of the moon, occurring about seven days after the new moon, in which the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from Earths surface is half a circle.

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first-quarter moon

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the phase of the moon, occurring about 14 days after the new moon in which the complete lighted portion of the moon is visible from Earths surface & appears as a full circle.

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full moon

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a phase of the moon before or after it is full, when more than half of it’s disk is illuminated.

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gibbous moon

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the phase of the moon that occurs about 7 days after the full moon in which the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from earth’s surface is a half-circle.

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last-quarter moon

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the revolution of the moon around earth that produces the changing phases of the moon. One complete lunar cycle takes about 29.5 days.

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lunar cycle

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The phase of the moon, occurring about 14 days after the full moon, in which none of the lighted portion of the moon is visible from earths surface

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New moon

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a complete circle made by a planet around a sun or by a moon around a planet

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orbit/revolution

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consistent with evidence

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plausible

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to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path

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revolve

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to turn or spin around an axis

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rotate,rotation

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the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is decreasing (between the full moon and new moon)

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wanning

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the phase of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is increasing (between the new full moon)

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waxing

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A region throughout which the same standard time is used. (There are 24 time zones in the world at approximately by meridians at 15 intervals, an hour apart.)

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time zone

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One half of a sphere. (The half of Earth that is north of the equator is the Northern Hemisphere; the half of Earth that is south of the equator is the Southern Hemisphere.)

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hemisphere