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Objects in the Sky
Sun,Moon,Stars
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| constellation | any of eighty-eight groupings or patterns of stars named after the animals, objects, or mythological characters they are thought to resemble |
| cycle | a circle of events that repeats in a regular pattern |
| lunar | 1)of or relating to the moon2)determined by the period of the moon's revolution around the earth |
| moon | the earth's natural satellite, revolving completely around the earth from east to west in about twenty-eight days and accompanying the earth in its orbit around the sun |
| revolution | 1)orbital motion around a given point2)one cycle of such motion |
| rotation | 1)the act of turning on or around an axis2)one cycle of circular movement around an axis; revolution |
| Sun | the central star of the solar system around which the earth and other planets revolve and from which heat and light issue |