Starry Night Lessons 1-3 Vocabulary

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Claim

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To say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it.

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Evidence

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The facts or information indicating whether a belief or claim is true or valid.

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Horizon

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The line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet.

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Navigate

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To plan and direct the route or course of a ship, or other form of transportation, by using instruments or maps.

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Sphere

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A round solid figure.

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Equator

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An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

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Longitude

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Lines of longitude run the length of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. Measured in degrees EAST and WEST.

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Perpendicular

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Two geometric objects are perpendicular if their intersection forms right angles at the point of intersection.

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Gravity

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The force that attracts a body toward the center of the Earth.