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Vocabulary # 14
Term | Definition |
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star | an object in space that makes its own heat and light |
solar energy | energy from the sun |
wind | moving air |
solar flare | a large explosion in the sun's atmosphere |
corona | makes up most of the sun's atmosphere |
sunspot | an area on the surface of the sun that appears darker than other areas |
solar system | made of the and all objects that are bound to the sun by gravity |
orbit | the path one takes around another object |
tide | the rise and fall of the water level of the ocean near the shore that is caused by the pull of gravity of the moon |
lunar cycle | the process of the moon changing shapes |