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Earth,Moon,and Sun
PS Ch. 12.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Astronomy | The study of the Moon, Stars, and other objects in space |
| Axis | the imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South Poles |
| Rotation | the spinning of Earth on its axis |
| Revolution | the movement of one object around another |
| Orbit | a path |
| Solstice | when the sun is farthest North or South of the equator |
| Equinox | when the noon sun is directly above the equator (occurs twice a year) |
| Gravity | Attracts all objects toward each other |
| Law of Universal Gravitation | States that every object in the universe attracts every other object |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object |
| Weight | The force of gravity on an object |
| Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion |
| Newton’s First Law of Motion | States that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with a constant speed and direction unless acted on by an unbalanced force |