Earth/Sun/Moon
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| Rotation | The spinning motion of a planet about its axis. All planets/moons rotate.
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| Axis | Imaginary line passing through the Earth's center and poles
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| Earth's Rotation Causes... | Day and night. It takes 24 hours to make a complete rotation on Earth.
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| Revolution | The movement of one object around another.
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| Revolution of Planets | All planets in our solar system revolve around the Sun.
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| Revolution of Moons | All Moons revolve around their Planet.
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| Gravity | The attractive force between two objects depends on mass and distance.
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| Inertia | The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place unless acted upon by another object.
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| Orbit | The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.
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| Latitude | The measurement of distance from the Equator.
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| Solstice | The two days of the year at which the sun is directly overhead, at either 23.5 degrees North or 23.5 degrees South.
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| Equinox | Two days of the year on which either hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
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| Vernal Equinox | The day of the year that marks the beginning of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
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| Autumnal Equinox | The day of the year that marks the beginning of Fall in the Northern Hemisphere.
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| Astronomy | The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space.
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| Phase | One of the different shapes of the Moon as seen from Earth.
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| Eclipse | The partial or total blocking of one object by another.
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| Solar Eclipse | The blocking of sunlight to Earth that occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth.
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| Lunar Eclipse | The blocking of sunlight to the Moon that occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.
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| Umbra | The darkest part of a shadow.
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| Penumbra | The part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part.
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| Tide | The rise and fall of water levels in the ocean.
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| Spring Tide | A tide with the greatest difference between low and high tides.
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| Neap Tide | A tide with the least difference between low and high tides.
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| Satellite | Any object that revolves around another object in space.
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| Geosynchronous Orbit | The orbit of a satellite that revolves around Earth at the same rate that Earth rotates.
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| Telescope | A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
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| Crater | A round pit on the Moon's surface.
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| Maria | Dark, flat regions on the Moon's surface.
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| Newton's 1st Law (Law of Inertia) | An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
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| Newton's 2nd Law | F = m * a (Force = mass * acceleration)
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| Newton's 3rd Law | For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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