Earth, Moon, Sun, Earth's Rotation,
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| the length of a straight line through the center of an object | diameter
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| object in the sky made of very hot spinning gases | star
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| our nearest star; made up of gases around which the planets revolve | sun
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| dark areas on the Sun’s surface that are cooler than the rest of the sun’s surface. | sunspots
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| the path an object takes around another object | orbit
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| to move in an orbit or circle around something | revolve
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| one complete orbit | revolution
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| an object that travels around another object | satellite
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| Earth’s only natural satellite | moon
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| of or relating to the moon | lunar
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| layers of gases which surround a star, like our Sun, or a planet, like our Earth | atmosphere
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| a force that pulls objects toward each other | gravity
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| To spin around a center point, or axis | rotate
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| an imaginary line that passes through the North Pole, the South Pole, and the center of the Earth | Earth's axis
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| The changes in the moon’s appearance as the position of the Earth, moon and sun change; | moon phases
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| the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the pull of gravity between Earth, the moon and the Sun; | tides
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| a system that consists of a star and everything within reach of the star’s gravity. | solar system
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