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Vocab quick
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rotation | the spin of a body on its axis |
| Revolution | The motion of a body that travels around another body in space; one complete trip along an orbit |
| Year | The time required for the earth obit once around the sun |
| Season | a division of the year that is characterized by recurring weather conditions, and determined by both Earth’s tilt relative to the sun and Earth’s position in its orbit around the sun |
| Equinox | the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator |
| solstice | the point at which the sun is as far north or as far south of the equator as possible |
| 2 | |
| Satellite | a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet |
| Gravity | a force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses |
| Lunar phases | the different appearances of the moon from Earth throughout the month |
| Eclipse | an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another |
| Umbra | a shadow that blocks sunlight, such as the conical section in the shadow of the Earth or the moon |
| Penumbra | the outer part of a shadow such as the shadow cast by Earth or the moon in which sunlight is only partially blocked |
| 3 | |
| Tide | the periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans and other large bodies of water |
| Tidal range | the difference in levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide |
| Spring tide | a tide of increased range that occurs two times a month, at the new and full moons |
| Neap tide | a tide of minimum range that occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon |
| Lesson 1 Day | the time required for Earth to rotate once on its axis |