Unit F List A Flashcards

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Data

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Information Gathered

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Phenonemon

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An event related to how the world and universe work

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Model

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Any representation of a system or its componets to help one study and understand how it works

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Axis

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The inmaginary line around wich an object spins or rotates.Earth rotates around an axis that runs strait through earth from the north pole to the south pole.

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Plausible

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consistent with evidence

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Rotate

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to turn or spin around an axis

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Timezone

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a region throughout witch the same standard time is used.

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Equator

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an imaginary circle that divides earth into two halfs called the Northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere.

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Hemisphere

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one half of a sphere

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orbit

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another term for revolution

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revolution

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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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revolve

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to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path

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crescent moon

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the phase of a moon witch the lit portion of the moon visible from earths surface is less than half circle.cresent moons occur right after and right before the new moon

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Full Moon

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the fase of the moon that occurs about 14 days after the new moon wich the complete lighted portion of the moon is visible from earths surface and appears as a full circle

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First-Quater Moon

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the phase of the moon occuring about sevan days after the new moon in wich the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from earths surface is a half circle

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Gibbous

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a fase of the moon before or after it is full