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solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to spin around an axis | rotate |
| an imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. | Axis |
| to travel in a closed path | revolve |
| the closed path of one object in space around another object, or to move in such a path | orbit |
| a natural body that revolves around a planet | moon |
| one of the shapes a moon seems to have as it orbits the Earth | phase |
| less than half of the moon illuminates or shining | crescent |
| Gibbous | more than half of the moon is illuminated or shining |
| the shining part of the moon is shrinking | waning |
| grow; the shining part of the moon is growing | waxing |