Vocab LAWKI Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
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Wax and Wane
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To undergo increases and decreases
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Lunar
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Of or pertaining to the moon
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Asteroid
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Also called minor planet
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Comet
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a celestial body moving about the sun
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Astronomy
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the science that deals with the material universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere
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Hoax
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something intended to deceive or defraud
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Meteor
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a meteoroid that has entered the earth’s atmosphere
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Tidal wave
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a large, destructive ocean wave
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Benign
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having a kindly disposition
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Catastrophic
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disastrous event
