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WOW Words 1-4
1st 9 Weeks Group 4
Question | Answer |
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light year | the distance light travels in a year |
rotation | the spinning motion of a planet on its axis |
axis | an imaginary line about which a body rotates |
revolution | the movement of an object around another object |
ellipse | oval shaped orbit |
orbit | the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon |
planet | a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star |
constellation | an imaginary pattern of stars in the sky |
solar system | the collection of 8 planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with the smaller bodies. |
solar eclipse | the moon passes in front of the sun, resulting in the Earth falling into the shadow of the moon |
lunar eclipse | the moon passes directly behind the Earth into its shadow |
phase | a period or stage in the process of change |