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Astronomy part 1

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The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space is called? Astronomy
an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles in Earth's____ axis
the spinning motion of a planet on its axis is____ rotation
spinning of its axis takes___ hours 24
Spinning of its axis causes? day and night
the sun, planet, and moon appear to move from east to west across the sky because the earth rotates_____ counter-clock wise
the path of an object as it revoles around another object is called? orbit
Earth orbits around the sun which takes____days 365.5
the farther a planet is from the sun, the____it takes to make on complete revolution. longer
a system for organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year is a ____ calendar
Earth has seansons because__________ the Eart's axis is tilted as it revoles around the sun.
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