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24 Cards in this Set
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Tides |
The alternate rising and falling of the sea |
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Corona |
Bright layer around the sun, can only be seen during solar eclipse |
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Umbra |
Portion of the moons shadow when the moon covers the sun |
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Penumbra |
An area of shadow where only a portion of the moon is in front of the sun |
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Revolution |
Movement of one object around the center of another object |
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Rotation |
When the planet or moon turns all the way around or spins on its axis one time |
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Gibbous |
The phase of the moon is the shape of the sunlit portion of the moon as viewed from earth |
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Waxing |
Increasing sunlight when full moon |
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Waning |
Decreasing after a full moon |
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Eclipse |
(Lunar and Solar) occurs when one object in space blocks an observer from seeing another object in space |
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Linar Eclipse |
Moon passes through the earth's shadow |
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Solar Eclipse |
Moon passes in front of the sun causing a shadow to fall on certain parts of the earth |
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Neap Tide |
A tide just after the first of third quarters of the moon. When there is least difference between high and low tide |
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Path of totality |
The path the moons shadow traces |
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Gravitational pull |
The force of attraction an object in space has |
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First 4 phases of the moon |
New Waxing Crest First quarter Waxing gibbious |
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Last four stages of the moon |
Full Waning crescent Last quarter Waning cresent |
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The 5 steps in the cycle of a tide |
Sea level rises High tide reached Sea level falls Low tide falls Everything is reached |
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The order of a solar eclipse |
Sun - Moon - Earth |
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The order of a lunar eclipse |
Sun - Earth - Moon |
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What 3 phases are waxing |
Waxing cresent First quarter Waxing gibbious |
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What 3 phases are waning |
Waning cresent Last quarter Waning cresent |
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Diurnal |
1 high and 1 low tide every lunar day |
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Semidiurnal |
2 high and 2 low tides every day |
