SEM Lesson 6 and 7 Vocab Flashcard Review

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Eclipse

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Complete or partial blocking of light from the Sun or Moon when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, or enters Earth's shadow.

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Lunar eclipse

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Blocking of sunlight to the moon during a full moon, when the moon passes through Earth's shadow.

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Solar eclipse

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Blocking of the Sun's light during a new moon when the moon's shadow falls on Earth.

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Penumbra

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the lighter, outer part of a shadow cone

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Umbra

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the inner, darker part of a shadow

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Gravity

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Gravitational attraction of Earth's mass

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Intertidal zone

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Area where ocean meets land between high and low tides.

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Annular eclipse

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An eclipse where a thin outer ring of the sun's disk remains visible around the moon.

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Tide

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Regular ebb and flow of oceans and large inland bodies of water.

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Neap tide

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A tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon with the least difference between high and low water.