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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rotation - spinning around an ___________ | axis |
| Rotation causes __________ and ____________ | day,night |
| Revolution - when an object moves around another ___________ | object |
| 1 ____________on Earth takes 365.25 days | revolution |
| Earth’s revolution causes _______and seasons (with the tilt) | years |
| Seasons are caused by the Earth’s ___________________and ______________ around the sun | tilted axis,revolution |
| ____________ and ____________ keep objects in ____________ around one another | Gravity ,Inertia ,orbit |
| Gravity is the attractive ____________ that exists between ALL objects that have ____________ | force, mass |
| ____________- description of the how much of the lit side of the Moon we see from Earth’s surface | Phase |
| ____________- an event that happens when the shadow of an object in space falls on the surface of another object | _Eclipse_ |
| ________________________- the temporary blockage of sunlight by the Moon as it travels between Earth and the Sun | Solar eclipse |
| A Solar Eclipse takes place when the moon travels directly between the ____________and ____________or a ____________ phase | Earth, Sun, New moon |
| ________________________ - the temporary blockage of sunlight by the Earth as it travels between Moon and the Sun | Lunar eclipse , full moon |
| ____________, ____________, ____________, ____________, and ____________ are all in our solar system. | Planets, comets, asteroids, dwarf planets and moons |
| Inner planets are ____________, ____________and ____________to the sun and are also known as terrestrial planets | small, rocky, closer |
| Outer planets have very thick ____________due to high amounts of gravity | atmosphere |
| Outer Planets have ____________moons and ____________periods of revolution | many, long |