

Unit 1 Lesson 3 Vocabulary Terms
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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
Angela Beavers
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
Back
Gravity
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space.
Back
Orbit
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
In the orbit of a planet or other body in the solar system, the point that is farthest from the sun.
Back
Aphelion
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
In the orbit of a planet or other body in the solar system, the point that is closest to the sun.
Back
Perihelion
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The inward force required to keep a particle or an object moving in a circular path.
Back
Centripetal Force
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed.
Back
Solar Nebula
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A small body from which a planet originated in the early stages of development of the solar system.
Back
Planetesimal
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