Vocabulary Book #9

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Tidal bulge

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A raised area of the ocean water created by the moon.

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Neap tides

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The effect when the Sun and Moon are at right angles, causing less extreme tides

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Spring tides

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The combined effect of the Sun and Moon that causes the highest and lowest tides

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Elliptical orbits

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The path shaped like an oval that objects follow around another object

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Gravity

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The universal force of attraction between any two objects that have mass or energy.

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Inertia

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An object's inherent resistance to any change in its state of motion; an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion continues in motion at the same speed and in the same direction, unless acted upon by a net external force.

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Moon's gravity

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The attractive force generated by the Moon's mass, which holds objects to its surface and influences Earth.

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Gravitational forces

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A fundamental force of attraction between any two objects with mass or energy.

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Systemic formation

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The origin and development of celestial bodies and planetary systems from initial clouds of gas and dust, such as the creation of the Solar System approximately 4.6 billion years ago through gravitational collapse.

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Ocean

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A continuous body of salt water that is contained in an enormous basin on Earth's surface.