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Earth Science Semester II Fact Pack 102-108


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GalaxiesHuge collections of billions of stars (102)
Galaxies are held together byGravitational attraction (102)
Period of revolutionTime for one object to travel around another (One Year) (103)
Period of rotationOne spin on an axis (One Day) (104)
SeasonsCaused by tilt of Earth's axis to sun (105)
Northern Hemispherereceives direct light in summer, indirect light in winter (105)
Phase of the moon visibleDepends how much of sunlit side of moon we see (106)
Distances to starsMeasured in light years (107)
Distance from Earth to SunAU, or astronomical unit (93,000,000 miles) (108)