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ch25 science vcab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| altitude | height of an object inthe sky above the herizon |
| autumn equinox | the fist day of fall, about september 23, in the northern hemisphere, daylight and night time are equal in length |
| axis of rotation | an imaginary straight line through earth between the north pole and the south pole on which earth rotates it is tilted 23 1/2 from the plane of earths orbits |
| coriolis effect | the effect of earths rotation that causes the defliction of moving abjects toward or away from the equator |
| daylight saving time | standard time advanced one hour for six or more months each year, adding an hour of daylight to the part of the day when people are awake |
| international date line | imaginary line through the pacific ocean roughly following 180th meridian where date changes travelers moving eastward set back the date |
| parallax | apparent shift in an objects position caused by the motion of the observer |
| parallelism of the axis | the behavior of earths axis during its revolution |
| prime meridian | zero meridian the meridian that passes through greenwich englind spain algeria |
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