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Space & Moon
Bundle 6
6
Science
5th Grade
01/26/2011

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Term

WEIGHT

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Definition
A measure of the pull of gravity on an object.
Term
[image]ORBIT
Definition
The path one body in space takes as it revolves around another body; such as that of Earth as it revolves around the Sun.
Term

[image]ROTATION

Definition

The spinning of Earth on its axis.

Term

[image]REVOLUTION

Definition
To travel in a closed path around an object such as Earth does as it moves around the Sun.
Term

GRAVITY[image]

Definition
The attraction due to gravitation that the Earth or another astronomical object exerts on an object on or near its surface.
Term

[image]    TIDES

Definition
The repeated rise and fall in the level of the ocean.
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