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WOW Words 1-4
1st 9 Weeks Group 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |