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TERMS on the TEST - Topic 4

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Use these games (you pick which ones you like best) to practice some important Earth Science terms that WILL be on the test.

A	B
ROTATION	spinning on an axis
REVOLUTION	going around something else
15 DEGREES PER HR	how fast Sun appears to move across sky
GEOCENTRIC MODEL	has Earth in center
HELIOCENTRIC MODEL	has Sun in center
FOUCAULT PENDULUM	weight hanging from wire that changes direction of swing
CORIOLIS EFFECT	objects veer off to RIGHT in N. Hemisphere
TIME ZONES	15 degrees wide...each has its own time
TIDES	cyclic rise and fall of ocean water
SOLAR ECLIPSE	when the moon blocks out the Sun's light

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