Transcript Georgia Travels

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Vocabulary Words
Lessons 1-4
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1. astronomy:
study of the sun, moon, planets, and stars in relation to our Earth
why the Earth rotates around the sun
a science that deals with the inner earth
a constellation in the sky
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2. Earth Science:
a science that deals with the inner earth
a science that studies cells
any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
any science that studies magnets
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3. time:
only exists on a watch
something created by God
a movie title
a continuum in which events pass
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4. lunar:
means love
the time between one new moon and the next
having to do with the moon
a term meaning crazy
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5. lunar month:
30 or 31 days in length
the time between one new moon and the next
how long it takes for a moon to appear in the sky
how we measure our birthdays
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6. moon:
something created from a star
only visible when using a telescope
the Earth has four of these
any natural satellite of a planet
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7. satellite:
the sun
a telescope
one object that moves around another object
an object that glows by itself
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8. orbit:
to move in the clockwise direction
to move in the reverse order
to follow a curved path around a planet or the sun
to take a shortcut through the middle
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9. waxing:
growing
shrinking
disappearing
cleaning
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10. waning:
growing
shrinking
disappearing
crying
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11. gibbous:
shape of a log
shape of a crescent
shape of a circle
shape of a hump
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12. lunar eclipse:
when Earth passes into the shadow of the moon
when the moon passes into the shadow of the Earth
when the Earth orbits the sun
when the moon orbits the Earth
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13. solar eclipse:
when Earth passes into the shadow of the moon
when the moon passes into the shadow of the Earth
when the Earth orbits the sun
when the moon orbits the Earth
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14. Local noon:
only occurs in Greenwich, England
12:00 noon on a clock
when the sun is behind a cloud
when the sun is at its highest position in the sky
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15. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT):
the average time in the world
World Time; sets the time of day for the world
the time of Local noon
how the moon phases are measured
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16. Daylight savings time:
provides one hour less of daylight in the evening
when clocks are set one hour behind of standard time
when clocks are set one hour ahead of standard time
never occurs in Wisconsin
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