Unit F - List A Flashcards

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Information Gathered from an experiments;firsthand evidence from the 5 senses or from machines that extend our senses.

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Data

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an event related to how the world and universe work

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Phenomenon

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

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Model

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The imaginary line around which an 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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Consistent with evidence.

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Plausible

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To turn or spin around an axis

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Rotate, Rotation

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

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Time Zone

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an imaginary circle that divides Earth into two haves called the Northern Hemisphere And Southern Hemisphere.

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Equator

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

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Hemisphere

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A complete circle made by a planet around a sun or by a moon around a planet(orbit)

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Orbit, Revolution

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to travel around another object in a circular or ellipetical path

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Revolve

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the phase of the moon in which the lit portion of the moon visible from Earth´s 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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The phase of the moon that occurs about 14 days after the new Moon in which the complete lighted portion of the moon is visible

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Full Moon

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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 Earth´s surface is a half-circle.

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First Quarter Moon

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A phase of the Moon before or after it is full, when more than half of its 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 whitch 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 Earth´s surface

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New Moon

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

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Waning