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Unit 4 Earth and Space Lesson 1 Earth's Place in ...

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  • Stars appear in the night sky at different times of the year because of Earth's
    It is becaused of it rotation and revolution around the Sun
  • A huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
    Galaxy
  • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune. Called Gas Giants and they are also the....
    outer planets
  • A large body in space that orbits a star 
    planet
  • A large spiral galaxy that is home to Earth and the rest of our solar system, and about a trillion stars.
    Milky Way
  • CIRCULAR MOVEMENT AROUND ITS OWN AXIS
    Rotation
  • one complete trip around an object in a circular or nearly circular path.
    Revolution
  • The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
    Orbit
  • the planets closest to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
    inner planets
  • True or False?                      Although the stars appear to change position, their position in the universe sky does not change.
    True
  • Planets revolve around the Sun in what type of orbit?
    Elliptical Orbit
  • the perception of movement as a result of alternating signals appearing in rapid succession in different locations
    apparent motion
  • any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
    asteroid or meteoroid
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