Vocab Flashcards
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What is wax and wane
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To undergo increases and decreases
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What does lunar mean?
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Pertaining to the moon.
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What is an asteroid?
A
Minor planet; or biting in space.
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What is a comet?
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Celestial body moving about the sun;central mass surrounded by dust/gas
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What is astronomy?
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Science that deals with the universe
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What is a hoax?
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Something intended to deceive.
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What is a meteor?
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Small bodies traveling through space
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What is a tidal wave?
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Large destructive oceanic wave
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What is benign?
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Gentle; kind
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What is a catastrophe?
A
Nature of disastrous event?
