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11 Cards in this Set
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rotation |
the spinning on earths axis |
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orbit |
the path around the sun |
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revolution |
the movement around the sun |
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lunar highlands |
the mountainous areas on the moon |
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maria |
the smooth,dark areas on the moon |
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eclipse |
an obscuring of the light from one celestial body |
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tides |
the rise and fall of the ocean's water |
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solar system |
made up of nine planets and a bunch of other stuff |
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Astronomical unit |
equals 150 million km |
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comet |
is a large body of ice and rock that trvels around the sun |
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meteorites |
any fragments of space that survive their plunge through our atmosphere and land on earth's surface |
