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Objects in the Sky2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| axis | an imaginary line going straight through the planet between the North and South poles. The Earth rotates on this |
| season | one of four quarters into which a year is commonly divided |
| tilt | is the move or shift so as to slant or tip |
| dependent variable | the data that changes its value according to the value of the other data that is being compared |
| graph | a way to organize data. It gives a picture of what happened in an investigation. |
| independent variable | data that does not change and whose value determines the value of the dependent variable |
| x-axis | the horizontal line on the graph that represents the independent variable |
| y-axis | the vertical line on the graph that represents the dependent variable |
| calendar | a way of dividing time into days, weeks, months, and years using the time it takes the Earth to complete one rotation and one revolution |
| month | the amount of time it takes the moon to orbit the Earth |
| orbit | to move completely around another object |
| revolution | the completion on one orbit around a center. |
| revolve | to move in an orbit around a center |
| rotate | is to turn about an axis or center, to spin |
| rotation | the completion of one spin around an axis. |
| year | the time it takes the Earth to orbit one complete time around the sun. |