Unit F- List A Flashcards

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Information Gathered

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Data

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An event related to how the world and universe works

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Phenomenon

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Any representative 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 the Earth’s from the North Pole to the South Pole.

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Axis

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5
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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 used.

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Time Zone

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The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

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Angle

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An imaginary circle that divides Earth into two half’s called the

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Equator

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One half of a sphere.

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Hemisphere

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Another term for revolution

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Orbit

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12
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When a planet circles the sun

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Revolution

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13
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To travel around a object in a circle path

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Revolve

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14
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When there is no moon in the sky

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New moon

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The phases of the moon, occurring about 7 days after the new moon

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First quarter Moon

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16
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When the moon is a full circle

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Full Moon

17
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When the moon is in its quarter stage and its growing

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Waxing

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When the moon is almost a new moon and its shrinking

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Waning

19
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When the moon is about a thumbnail

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Quarter Moon

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A crescent is a thin, curved shape that’s thicker in the middle and tapers to thin points at each end, like the little sliver of moon you might notice in the sky

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Crescent Moon