Solar System Vocab
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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| phase | A stage in the series of changes in the apparent shape of the moon
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| tilt | to slope or to slant
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| axis | the imaginary line on which an object rotates; the imaginary line from the North Pole, through Earth's center, to the South Pole
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| rotation | the spinning motion of an object on its axis
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| Sun | the star that is the central body of our solar system
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| lunar eclipse | the darkening of the moon when it moves into Earth's shadow
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| revolution | the movement of an object around another object or point
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| solar system | the Sun and planets and the other objects that orbit the Sun
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| seasons | any of the four parts of the year
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| orbit | the path a planet, moon, or other object takes around another
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| moon | a natural object that revolves around a planet
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