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Rotation vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rotation | spin or turn on an axis once; causes day and night on Earth. |
| Orbit | the path of one object moving around another |
| Axis | imaginary line that an object rotates around |
| Day/Night cycle | the rotation of the Earth on its axis every 24 hours. |
| Shadow | dark area created by an object blocking the source of light |
| Maintain | to keep |
| Variable | the item that CHANGES in an experiment |