Earth, Moon, Sun Vocabulary

What is the study of the Moon, stars, and other objects in space known as?

• Galaxy

• Astronomy

• Orbit

• Radiation

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Which term describes the imaginary line passing through Earth's center about which Earth rotates?

• Axis

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

What is the term for the spinning motion of a planet about its axis?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Axis

What do we call the movement of an object around another object in space?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Axis

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What is the name of the spiral galaxy in which Earth and our Solar System reside?

• Solar System

• Milky Way

• Galaxy

• Orbit

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What is the term for the blocking of sunlight to the moon when Earth is between the Sun and Moon?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

• Orbit

• Revolution

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What do we call the different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth?

• Orbit

• Solar System

• Phases

• Illuminate

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What is the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space?

• Orbital Plane

• Satellite

• Solar Eclipse

• Rotation

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What is an object that orbits a larger object?

• Satellite

• Lunar Eclipse

• Galaxy

• Solar Eclipse

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What is a very large group of stars held together by gravity?

• Solar System

• Galaxy

• Milky Way

• Astronomy

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