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Ch. 3 S/L Voc.
Chapter 3: The Sun, Planets, and Moon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| star | a very large mass of hot, glowing gases |
| planet | a large body of matter that moves around a star such as the sun |
| solar system | the sun, the planets and their moons, and other objects that move around the sun |
| crater | a large hole in the ground that is shaped like a bowl |
| axis | an imaginary straight line through the center of Earth around which Earth rotates |
| rotate | to spin on an axis |
| orbit | the path an object follows as it moves around another object |
| revolution | movement of an object in an orbit |