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Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| axis | a line which you cannot see that runs through the center of earth from the north pole to the south pole |
| rotation | the spinning of earth on its axis |
| revolution | the movement of earth one time around the sun |
| moon phases | The different shapes that the moon seems to have in the sky when it is observed from earth |
| lunar eclipse | an event in which earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon and earths shadow falls on the earth |
| solar eclipse | an event in which the moon blocks sunlight from reaching earth and the moons shadow falls on earth |
| planet | a large body of rock or gas in space |
| orbit | the path a planet takes as it revolves around the sun or that moon takes as it revolves around the planet |
| solar system | the sun, the planets and the moon and the small objects that orbit the sun |
| star | a hot ball of glowing gases that give energy |
| constellation | a group of stars that appear to form the shape of an animal a person or a object |