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Science 12/13

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GEOCENTRIC THEORY THE DISCREDITED THEORY OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT PLACES THE EARTH IN THE CENTER
HELIOCENTRIC THEORY ANY THEORY OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT PLACES THE SUN IN THE MIDDLE AND THE OTHER PLANTS ORBITING AROUND IT
GRAVITY THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION BETWEEN ALL MASSES IN THE UNIVERSE
ROTATE TO SPIN ON AN AXIS THAT PASSES THROUGH THE CENTER OF AN OBJECT
AXIS THE IMAGINARY LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH THE CENTER OF AN OBJECT
REVOLVE TO CIRCLE AROUND A POINT THAT DOES NOT LIE WITHIN THE OFJECT
INERTIA THE NATURE OF OBJECTS TO REMAIN AT REST
COREOLIS EFFECT EFFECT THAT CAUSES DEFLECTION OF WIND AND WATER CURRENTS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
ECLIPTIC THE APPARENT PATH OF THE SUN AMONG THE STARS
SOLTICE EITHER OF 2 TIMES DURING THE YEAR WHRE THE SUN IS FARTHER AWAY FROM THE CELESTIAL EQUATOR
EQUINOX EITHER OF 2 TIMES A YEAR WHERE THE SUNS NOON POINT IS IN LINE WITH THE EQUATOR
PARALLAX AN APPARENT SHIFT OF POSITION OF AN OBSERVED OBJECT CAUSED BY THE CHANGE OF POINT IN OBSERVATION
ELLIPSE SPECIAL GEOMETRIC FIGURE DESCRIBED AS A FLATE CIRCLE
ORBIT THE PATH DESCRIBED BY ONE CELESTIAL BODY IN ITS REVOLUTION ABOUT ANOTHER
THE SUN,MOON AND PLANETS ALL RISE IN THE EAST
IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE STARS APPEAR TO MOVE COUNTER CLOCKWISE AROUND THE NORTH STAR
PENDULUM CONSTRUCTED BY A FRENCH PHYSICIST IN 1851 FOUCAULT
IS THE EARTHS SURFACE MOVING FASTER AT THE EQUATOR OR AT THE POLES EQUATOR
WHAT IS THE TENDENCY OF MOVING MATTER TO KEEP MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION INERTIA
BY POSITIONING A FOUCAULT PENDULUM OVER THE SOUTH POLE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE EARTH TURN AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES PER HOUR
WHAT OCCURS BECAUSE THE ROTATING EARTH DEFLECTS THE WIND? DIAGONAL PREVAILING WIND PATTERNS
AS THE EARTH ROTATES, IT LEADS THE ATMOSPHERE WITH IT.
ALLOWANCES FOR DEFLECTION MUST BE MADE WHEN THESE TAKE OFF FROM THE SPINNING EARTH OR THEY WILL MISS THEIR TARGET PROJECTILES, SUCH AS BULLETS, CANNON SHELLS AND MISSLES
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE EARTH DID NOT ROTATE? WE WOULD HAVE HALF A YEAR DAYLIGHT AND HALF A YEAR OF CONTINUOUS NIGHT
WHAT IS SLIGHTLY FLAT AT THE POLES AND BULGING AT THE EQUATOR THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH
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