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TERMS on the TEST - Topic 3

Use these games (you pick which ones you like best) to practice some important Earth Science terms that WILL be on the test.

AB
BLUE SHIFTcaused my stars moving toward us
ELLIPSEoval shape of a planet's orbit around Sun
FOCI2 dots inside the ellipse (sun is at one of them)
BIG BANG THEORYuniverse started in giant explosion
ECCENTRICITYnumerical value for how oval-shaped an ellipse is
ASTEROIDSorbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter
METEORa "shooting star"
COMETorbits Sun in very elliptical orbit ("dirty snowball")
RED SHIFTcaused by galaxies moving away from us
FUSIONtype of nuclear reaction happening on Sun

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