| A | B |
| rotation | the spinning motion the earth makes |
| axis | make-believe line that the earth spins on |
| revolves | what earth does around the sun |
| orbit | the path the earth travels around the sun |
| constellation | mighttime star pattern |
| planet | a large body that circles a star and doesn't give off light |
| solar system | the sun and all the objects that orbit it |
| phases | the changing shapes of the moon that can be seen from earth |