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Science Final II
Question | Answer |
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star | a very large mass of hot glowing gases |
planet | a large body of matter that moves around a star such as the sun |
solar system | the sun, planets and their moons, and other objects that move around the sun |
crater | a large hole in the ground that is shaped like a bowl |
axis | an imaginary straight line through the center of Earth around which earth rotates |
rotate | to spin on an axis |
orbit | the path an object follows as it moves around another object |
revolution | movement of an object in an orbit around another object. |
satellite | an object that revolves around another object |
tide | the rise and fall of the ocean mainly due to the earth's gravity |
phases | the shape of the lighted part of the moon |
telescope | an instrument for making distant objects appear nearer and larger |
astronaut | a person who travels in space |