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Swift Earth Moon

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astronomy   the study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space  
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axis   the imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South Poles  
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rotation   the spinning of Earth on its axis  
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revolution   the movement of one object around another  
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orbit   a path, such as the one the Earth follows as it goes around the sun or the Moon as it goes around the Earth  
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calendar   a system of organizing time  
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solstice   the day of the year when the sun is farthest north or farthest south.  
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equinox   the day of the year when the sun is directly over the equator  
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gravity   the force that attracts all objects towards each other  
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inertia   the tendency of an object to resist change in motion  
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phases   the different shapes of the moon you see from Earth  
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eclipse   when an object in space comes between the sun and a third object and casts a shadow on that object  
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solar eclipse   when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, casting a shadow on the Earth  
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lunar eclipse   when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the Moon  
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tide   the rise and fall of the ocean due to the pull of gravity from the moon and sun  
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spring tide   the tide that occurs during a full or new moon phase  
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neap tide   the tide that occurs during a first or third quarter moon phase  
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maria   the dark parts of the moons surface  
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craters   the round pits on the moons surface  
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