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chapter 17 vocabulary matching
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| polaris | north star |
| revolution | orbit |
| rotation | spinning |
| axis | imaginary line |
| equinox | 12hrs day/ 12hrs night |
| solstice | summer/winter |
| international date line | boundry line in pacific ocean |
| eastern, mntn, central, pacific | time zones |
| 24 | total # of time zones |
| apogee | moon far from earth |
| perigee | moon close to earth |
| crescent moon | looks like a banana |
| gibbous moon | more than 1/2 moon lit up |
| phases | shapes of the moon |
| penumbra | light part of a shadow |
| umbra | dark part of a shadow |
| lunar eclipse | moon passes through earth's shadow |
| solar eclipse | moon passes between earth and sun |
| tide | change in the level of the oceans |
| flood tide | incoming tide |
| ebb tide | outgoing tide |
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