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SC Ch. 10
Earth's Place in the Solar System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A line- which you cannot see- that runs through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. | axis |
| The spinning of Earth on its axis | rotation |
| The movement of Earth one time around the sun. | revolution |
| The different shapes that the moon seems to have in the sky when it is observed from Earth. | moon phases |
| The pattern of phases of the moon | lunar cycle |
| An event in which Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon and the Earth's shadow falls on the moon. | lunar eclipse |
| An event in which the moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth and the moon's shadow falls on the Earth. | solar eclipse |
| A large body of rock or gas in space. | planet |
| The path a planet takes as it revolves around the sun or that a moon takes as it revolves around a planet. | orbit |
| The sun, the planets and their moons, and the small objects that orbit the sun. | solar system |
| A hot ball of glowing gases that gives off energy. | star |
| A group of stars that appears to form the shape of an animal, a person, or an object. | constellation |