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Earth and Space
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- 1asteroida small rocky body orbiting the sun
- 2asteroid beltthe region of the solar system between the inner and outer planets, where many asteroids are found (between Mars & Jupiter)
- 3atmosphereA mixture of gases that surrounds
a planet or moon - 4cometA ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows
- 5gravitya force that pulls objects toward each other
- 6moonA natural satellite that
revolves around a planet - 7orbitThe path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
- 8revolveThe movement of one object around another central object.
- 9rotateto spin on an axis
- 10satelliteAn object that revolves around another object in space
- 11sunA ball of hot gas,
primarily hydrogen and helium - 12Earth3rd planet from the sun
- 13axisAn imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates
- 14ellipticalslightly oval-shaped
- 15inner planetsSmall, rocky planets that orbit closest to the sun including Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars
- 16outer planetsJupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune.
Called the Gas Giants and Ice Giants - 17Milky WayA large spiral galaxy that is home to Earth and the rest of our solar system, and about a trillion stars
- 18meteorA streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere
- 19constellationA group of stars that form a
pattern in the sky - 20asteroida small rocky body orbiting the sun
- 21dwarf planeta celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classified as such
- 22meteoroida small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere
- 23eclipsean obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination
- 24climateThe average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
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- 5th grade Science FlashCards sobre Earth and Space, criado por Jill Walker em 04-01-2024.
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