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A spinning motion is called a _________________.
rotation
The line on which an object rotates is the ____________________ ____________.
rotation axis
The motion of one object around another is called ___________________.
revolution
The path an object follows as it moves around another object is an ______________.
orbit
A _____________________ is a day when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun.
solstice
A ___________________ is a day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward or away from the Sun.
equinox
Phases of the Moon during which more of the Moon's near side is lit each night are called _________________ ______________.
waxing phases
Phases of the Moon during which less of the Moon's near side is lit each night are called ________________ ______________.
waning phases
