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WOW Words 1-1
1st 9 Weeks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| all of space and everything in it including stars, planets, and galaxies | universe |
| theory that states the universe began from the violent explosion of a primeval atom | big bang |
| theory that puts earth in the center of the universe with everything revolving around it | geocentric |
| theory that puts the sun at or near the center with earth and other bodies revolving around it | heliocentric |
| the spiral galaxy containing our solar system | Milky Way Galaxy |
| a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust held together by gravity | galaxy |
| the force that pulls objects toward each other | gravity |
| the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion | inertia |
| the study of space and the universe | astronomy |
| rocky object that revolves around the sun and are too small and too numerous to be called planets | asteroid |