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Vocabulary
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| luminous | an object that gives off light |
| inertia | the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion or rest |
| revolution | one full orbit around an object |
| rotation | one spin of a planet on its axis |
| counterclockwise | a direction opposite to the rotating hands of a clock |
| axis | an invisible line going North/South through the Earth |
| solar eclipse | occurs when the Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is not visible. |
| seasons | caused by the way the sunlight hits the Earth according to the Earth’s axis |