Astronomy
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| Systems | a group of parts that work together as a unit
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| Pattern | something that happens in a regular and repeated way
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| Model | a representation of an object or what something looks like
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| Solar System | a group of objects (a system) in space that move around a central star
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| Star | a huge, burning sphere of gases; for example, the Sun
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| Planet | a large object that moves around a star
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| Astronomer | a person who studies stars, planets, and other objects in the sky
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| Telescope | an instrument people use to observe distant objects with their eyes
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| Rotation | the spinning of a planet on its axis
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| Axis | an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet
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| Revolution | the action of one object moving around another in an orbital path
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| Orbit | the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it
revolves around a second object
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| Ellipse | the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun
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| Seasons | caused by the different hemispheres of the Earth being tilted toward or away from the Sun
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| Shadow | a dark area where light is blocked
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| Lunar Eclipse | occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow during a full Moon
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| Solar Eclipse | occurs when Earth passes through the Moon’s shadow during a new Moon
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| Lunar Cycle | the period of time it takes for the Moon to complete one full revolution around Earth
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| Phases | the different shapes the Moon appears to have
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| Tide | repeated rise and fall in the level of the ocean
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