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 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

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Axis

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Consistent with evedice

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plausible

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To turn around an axis

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Rotate,Rotation

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A region throughout which the same standard time is used.

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Time zone

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An imaginary circle that divides earth into 2 halves called the Northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere

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

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Revolution

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To travel around another object in a circular or elliptical 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 earths surface is less than a half circle

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Crescent moon

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The phase of the moon that occurs 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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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 the earths surface is a half-circle

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First-quarter Moon

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16
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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 which the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from earths 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

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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

20
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the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is decreasing

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waning

21
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the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is increasing

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waxing