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PhysicalScienceVocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomy | The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space. |
| Axis | An imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates. |
| Rotation | The spinning motion of a planet on its axis. |
| Revolution | The movement of an object around another object. |
| Orbit | The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space. |
| Solstice | The two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator. |
| Equinox | The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun. |