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15 Cards in this Set
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consider
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To ponder, contemplate with awe, think about deeply [L. considerare, observe]
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creation
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All that which is created [jL. craere, to make out of nothing]
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constellation
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a fixed group of stars [L cum, together + stella, a star]
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continent
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large mass of land [L. cum, together + tenere, to hold]
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galaxy
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a group or system of stars and other heavenly bodies [Gk. galac, milk: galaxy= milky circle, hence, Milky Way Galaxy]
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planet
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a heavenly body that revolves around the sun [Gk. plane, to wander; planet = to wander in the sky]
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solar system
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the group of planets, their satellites (moons), comets, meteors, asteroids, and so forth, that revolves around the sun [L. sol, sun]
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star
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any celestial body that gives off light [L. stella, a star]
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universe
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all created things [L. unus, one + versum, to turn]
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gravity
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the force that attracts one object to another L. gravitas, heavy]
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orbit
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the path of a heavenly body as it rotates around another body [L. orbis, a circle]
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AU (Astronomical unit)
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the distance from the sun to Earth (about 93,000,000 miles)
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axis
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an imaginary line passing through the center of the earth from the North pole to the South pole [L. axis, an axle]
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day
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the length of time it takes a planet to rotate on its axis [O.E. daeg, day]
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gaseous
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composed of substances that are neither solid nor liquid [Gk. chaos, chaos]
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