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Astronomy part 1
Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space is called? | Astronomy |
an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles in Earth's____ | axis |
the spinning motion of a planet on its axis is____ | rotation |
spinning of its axis takes___ hours | 24 |
Spinning of its axis causes? | day and night |
the sun, planet, and moon appear to move from east to west across the sky because the earth rotates_____ | counter-clock wise |
the path of an object as it revoles around another object is called? | orbit |
Earth orbits around the sun which takes____days | 365.5 |
the farther a planet is from the sun, the____it takes to make on complete revolution. | longer |
a system for organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year is a ____ | calendar |
Earth has seansons because__________ | the Eart's axis is tilted as it revoles around the sun. |