Sun, moon and earth, Vocab Quiz

astronomy 

• the study of plants

• the study of everything in the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere

• the study of the ocean

• the study of rocks

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the line about which an object rotates

• axis

• string

• circle

• straight line

an object's spinning motion about its own axis

• around the axis

• circular sping

• rotation 

• turning

revolution 

• when the sun gets closer to mercury

• when the sun gets closer to mars

• when a new era happens in space

• the object's orbital motion around another object

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orbit 

• the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution

• when someone makes it to a new planet successfully

• when the stars change shape

• the phases of the moon

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systems that are based on the movements of stars and other celestial bodies

• aircraft

• calendar

• spacecraft

• space television

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solstice

• the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

• when the moon and sun align

• when the moon turns 100 years old

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equinox

• the planet that has lava on it

• when the moon and earth align

• The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.

• the name of a famous asteroid

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one of the different apparent shapes of the moon as seen from Earth

• moon calendar

• equinox

• solstice

• phase

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eclipse

• the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another

• when the moon starts growing plants every 100 years

• when the equator gets bigger

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