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