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Solar System (4th grade)
Vocabulary Review
14 cards·by chareeceburton
The star at the center of our solar system
sun
The path an object takes around another object
orbit
To spin around an axis
rotate
An imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole
axis
To travel in a closed path
revolve
A natural body that revolves around a planet
moon
One of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits Earth
phase
A star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it
solar system
A large body that revolves around a star
planet
A ball of rock, ice, and frozen gases that revolves around the sun
comet
A huge ball of super heated gases
star
A pattern of stars that form an imaginary picture or design in the sky
constellation
A huge system of gases, dust, and many stars
galaxy
Everything that exists in space
universe