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Earth Science - Earth, Moon, & Sun
Chapter 19 - Earth, Moon, & Sun - Vocabulary Words
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| ASTRONOMY | The study of the moon, stars, and the objects in space. |
| AXIS | An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates.,  |
| ROTATION | The spinning motion of a planet about its axis.,  |
| REVOLUTION | The movement of an object around another object.,  |
| ORBIT | The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.,  |
| LATITUDE | The distance north or south from the equator, measured in degrees.,  |
| SOLSTICE | The two days of the year on which the noon sun is directly overhead at either 23.5° South or 23.5° North.,  |
| EQUINOX | The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun. |
| VERNAL EQUINOX | The day of the year that marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.,  |
| AUTUMNAL EQUINOX | The day of the year that marks the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere.,  |
| Summer Solstice | The day of the year where the sun's rays hit earth at 23.5 degrees and the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun., |
| Winter Solstice | The day of the year where the sun's rays hit he earth at 23.5 degrees and the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.,  |
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