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solar system
these are the words we will use during our solar system unit
Term | Definition |
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star | large,ball of glowing gasses |
tilt | the lean or slant how earth is positioned on its axis |
orbit | the path of an object as it travels around another object |
moon | earth's natural satellite , and an object in the night sky that appears to be the largest |
telescope | a tool used to get a closer look at faraway objects |
universe | everything that exists on earth and in space |
planet | a large round object made of gas or rock that orbits around the sun |
revolve | to move around another object like the planets move around the sun |
rotate | to spin on an axis like the earth dose |
solar energy | rotation light and heat from the sun |