Earth and its moon
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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axis | the imaginary line that passes through earth's center from the north pole to the south pole. earths rotates once on its axis every 24 hours
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rotation | the spinning of earth on its axes; one rotation of earth equals one day , earth rotates from west to east on its axis, making the sun ,moon, and stars look as though they are moving from east to west
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revolution | one complete trip of the earth around the sun; one revolution equals one year
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orbit | the earths path around the sun; In the shape of an ellipse or flattened circle`
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hemisphere | one half of a sphere; especially of the earth
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phases of the moon | the regular changes in the way the moon looks from earth; caused by changes in the parts of the moon that reflects light from the sun to the earth
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eclipse | one object in space casting its shadow on another object in space; examples are eclipse of the moon and eclipse of the sun
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shadow | a dark shape made by something blocking out light
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