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Earth Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the act of turning around a centre or an axis. | Rotation |
| to move around another object | Revolve |
| the path an object takes around another object | Orbit |
| a smaller object that rotates around a bigger object | Satellite |
| The changes in the moon in a period of 28 days | Lunar Cycle |
| The breaking off of sediment by wind, water or ice | Weathering |
| The moving away of sediment by wind, water or ice | Erosion |
| The depositing of sediment | Deposition |
| Features of land found on the Earth, usually created by weathering, erosion and deposition. | Landforms |
| The shape of the orbit the planets take around the sun. | Elliptical |
| The center of our solar system, which keeps the planets in line and moving in our orbit. | The Sun |
| The 4 outer planets that have gas surfaces and rings around them. These planets also have the most moons. | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune |
| The 4 planets inside the asteroid belt. These planets have rocky surfaces and no rings around them. | Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. |