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Sun-Earth-Moon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Satellite | A body that orbits a planet |
| Star | A giant ball of superheated gas, or plasma, composed of hydrogen and helium |
| Planet | An object that orbits the sun, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit |
| Meteor | A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice |
| Comet | A cold mixture of dust and ice that develops long trail of light |
| Constellation | A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object |
| Geographic | An earth centered model |
| Heliocentric | A sun centered model |
| Eclipse | The orbit of each planet that is a oval |
| Axis | An imaginary line that passes from the North Pole, through the Earths center, to the South Pole |
| Rotation | The spinning of an Earths axis |
| Revolution | The movement from one object to another |
| Orbit | The Earths path |
| Solstice | The one day in each hemisphere where the sun appears the highest in the sky |
| Equinox | A day when neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun |
| Gravity | The force that attracts each other |
| Law of the universe | Every object in the universe attracts every other object by mass and distance |
| Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion |
| Phase | Different shape of the moon you see |
| Solar eclipse | When the sun passes directly through the earth and sun during a new moon |
| Lunar eclipse | Occurs during a full moon when earth is directly between the moon and sun |
| Umbra | Darkest part of a shadow where light is completely blocked |
| Penumbra | Area of the shadow where light is partially blocked |
| Tide | Daily rise and fall of ocean water |
| Spring tide | Higher high tides during full and new moons |
| Neap tide | Lower high tides during the first and third quarter moons |
| Highlands |