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Earth Science
Space Week 1
Term | Definition |
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Ocean | 75% of the Earth surface is covered in water, about 70% of the oxygen we breath is produced by the oceans. |
Rotation | to spin or make a circular motion on its own axis. |
Revolution | to go all the way around |
Axis | an imaginary line which the body rotates |
equator | an imaginary line dividing the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
tilt | a sloping position |
Day/Night Cycle | caused by the Earth's rotation of spinning on its axis once every 24 hours |
appearance | the way something looks |
full moon | this is when the moon appears to be fully illuminated |
lunar cycle | another name for the moon cycle |
new moon | the moon is not visible at the time ( no moon is____ moon) |
shadow | ________cast by an object that blocks the Sun's light will change from long in the morning, shortest at noon then long in the late afternoon. the direction of the pattern of shadows if from west to east. |