Earth and Space Vocabulary 1

a type of force that pull you down

• pull

• push

• gravity

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a large group of stars

• galaxy

• asteroids

• comets

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an explosive eruption of waves and particles into space

• flare

• solar flare

• fire

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gravitational system of the sun and the objects that orbit it

• system

• solar system

• satellite

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one whole spin of an object on its axis

• rotation

• axis

• revolution

changing location or position of an object

• orbit

• axis

• movement

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outer layer of the sun's atmosphere

• photosphere

• corona

• atmosphere

imaginary line drawn around the earth

• equator

• rotation

• motion

radiant energy that our eyes can see from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum

• thermal energy

• solar energy

• light energy

dark spot on the surface of the sun

• sunspot

• solar flare

• corona