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occurs when earth blocks sunlight from the moon

lunar eclipse

also known as a new moon or it causes an eclipse on the moon
when the sun is the greatest distance north or south from the equator

solstice
earths curved path around the sun

orbit
one of many small rocky objects in the belt

astroid
made up of particals of ice it also has a tail

commit
the motion of earth around the sun

revolve
unit of lenght used to measure the distance between objects in the solarsystem

astronomical unit
occurs when the moon blocks sunlight fron the earthe

solar eclipse
the spinning of earth on its axis

rotation
the sun ond all the things that revolve around it

solar system
the point on earths surface dirctly above the focus

epicenter
type of building structer that can witstand the vibrations of an earthquake

saisemic safe
waves genorated by an earthquake

saisemic wave
the instramint used to recordthe measurements

saisemic graph
the energy produced by an earthquake

magnitude
hypothsis that the continents are slowly moveing

contenental drift

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science finals

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science for finals

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2010-05-14T16:05:55Z

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