Unit F - List A Flashcards

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1
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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 objects 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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5
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consistent with evidence

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Plausible

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to turn or spin on an axis

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rotate/rotation

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a region throughout which the same standered time is used there are 24 time zones in the world and approximatly by meridians at 15 degress intervals an hour apart

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time zone

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the space 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 the earth into two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and the Sothern Hemisphere

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equator

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One half of a sphere

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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

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orbit, revolution

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to travel around another object in a circluar or elliptical path

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revolve

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13
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The phase of the Moon in which the lit portion of the Moon visible from the Earths surface is less than a half circle 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 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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15
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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 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 whem more than half of its disk is illuminated

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gibbous Moon

17
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the phase of the Moon that occurs 7 days after the full Moon in which the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from the earth’s suface is a half circle

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last-quarter Moon

18
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the revolution of the Moon around Earth that produces the changing phases of the Moon on complete lunar cycle takes 29.5 days

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lunar cycle

19
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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

20
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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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waning

21
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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