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Earth, Moon and Beyo
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| axis | an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and it's North and South poles. |
| revolve | to travel in a closed path around an object such as Earth does as it moves around the Sun. |
| orbit | the path one body in space takes as it revolves around another body such as that of eEarth as it revolves around the Sun. |
| rotate | the spinning of earth on its axis. |
| eclipse | the passing of one object through the shadow of another. |
| solstice | point in Earth's orbit of which |
| equinox | (blank) |
| planets | (blank) |
| asteroids | (blank) |
| comets | (blank) |
| telescope | (blank) |
| satellite | (blank) |
| space probe | (blank) |