Unit F List A Flashcards

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Data

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Information gathered from an experiment; firsthand evidence from the 5 senses or from machines that extend our senses.

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Phenomenon

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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 it’s components, to help one study and understand how it works.

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Axis

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The imaginary line around which an object 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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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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Rotation

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To turn or spin around an axis.

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Time Zone

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

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Equator

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An imaginary circle that divides earth into two halves called the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere.

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Hemisphere

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One half of a sphere. (the half of earth that is north of the equator is the northern hemisphere; the half of earth is south of the equator is the southern hemisphere.

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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 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 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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Full 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 from earth’s surface & appears as a full circle.

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First Quarter 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 is visible from earth’s surface is a half-circle.

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Gibbous 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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Last Quarter 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 earth’s surface is a half-circle.

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Lunar Eclipse

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Happens when earth comes between the sun and the moon and the shadow of earth falls on the moon.

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New Moon

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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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Warning

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

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Waxing

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