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Solar System Science

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Sun   the star at the center of our solar system  
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Rotate   to spin on a axis  
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Axis   an imaginary line that passes through earth's center and its North and South poles  
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Revolve   to travel in a closed path around another object  
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Orbit   the path one body takes in space as it revolves around another object  
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Equator   imaginary line around the earth equally distance from the north and south poles  
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Moon   any natural body that orbits a planet  
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Crater   a low bowl-shaped area on the surface of a planet or a moon  
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Moon Phase   one of the shapes the moon takes when it orbits the earth  
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Eclipse   a event that occurs in space when a object passes over another object  
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refraction   the bending of light in space  
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star   a very hot ball of gases  
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Solar System   a star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it  
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constellation   a pattern of stars  
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planet   a body that revolves around a star  
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universe    
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