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Earths atmosphere 88
About Earth science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AN object that orbits a planet. | Satellite |
| An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit. | Planet |
| A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere. | Meteor |
| A large collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit. | Comet |
| A ball of hot gas, Primarily hydrogen and helium thaty undergoes nuclear fusion. | Star |
| A pattern or groouping of stars that people imagine to reprsent a figure or object. | Constellation |
| An imaginary line that passes through a planets center and its north and south, about which the planet rotates. | axis |
| The spinning motion of a planet on its axis. | rotation |
| The movement of an object around another object. | Revolution |
| The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space. | Orbit |
| What is Polaris commonly called. | North Star |
| A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year. | Calendar |
| Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator. | Solstice |
| Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun. | Equinox |
| A push or pull. | Force |
| The attractive force between objects; the force that moves objects downhill. | Gravity |
| The amount of matter in an object. | Mass |
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