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SPACE SCIENCES
Question | Answer |
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Rotation | The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis. |
Day | The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation. |
Revolution | The motion of a body that travels around another body in space. |
Year | The time it takes earth to complete one rotation around the sun. |
Season | A division of the year that is characterized by recurring weather conditions and by earths tilt relative to the sun. |
Equinox | When the sunlight is equal on both hemispheres of the earth. |
Solstice | In one hemisphere the sunlight is at max amount and the opposite for the other hemisphere. |
Satellite | A body that orbits a larger body. |
Gravity | A force that pulls other objects with mass towards it. |