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Ch. 3 S/L Voc.
Chapter 3: The Sun, Planets, and Moon
Question | Answer |
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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 |