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Earth
All about Earth
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gravity | The force of attraction Between any two objects that have mass |
| Orbit | The path one travels around another object |
| Inertia | The motion of a object that's moving |
| Revolution | One complete rotation of one object around another. |
| Rotation | A complete spin on an axis |
| Solar Eclipse | When the moon blocks the Sun's light |
| Tide | The regular rise and fall of the oceans water |
| Lunar eclipse | When the Sun, Earth, and moon line up and turns the moon red |
| Phase | The shape of the appearence of the moon at a specific time of the year |