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Earth Science Week 4
Earth Science Week 4
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Science
5th Grade
12/02/2007

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24 hours

Definition
The time it takes for the Earth to make a full rotation; the length of day and night on Earth
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365 1/4 day

Definition
The time it takes for the Earth to make a full revolution, or orbit, around the sun; the length of one year
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Constellation

Definition
A group of stars that seem to form a pattern in the sky
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Crater

Definition
A bowl-shaped depression with a raised rim, formed by the impact of a meteorite
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Diameter

Definition
 Straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere
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Ellipse / Elliptical

Definition
A curve shaped like an oval; the shape the Earth takes as it revolves around the Sun
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Gravity

Definition
The natural force of attraction between any two massive objects, such as the Earth and Sun, which gets stronger the bigger the object
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Impact

Definition
The striking of one thing against another; collision
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Lunar

Definition
 Pertaining to the moon; examples: lunar eclipses, lunar phases
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Meteorite

Definition
A stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth or moon's surface from outer space
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Moon

Definition
A natural satellite that orbits the Earth that shines by the Sun's reflected light
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Orbit

Definition
The curved path around an object, such as the path a planet follows around the sun
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Phases / Lunar Cycle

Definition
The different shapes of the moon as we see it from Earth during the time that the moon revolves around the Earth
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Planet

Definition
Any of the large bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system
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Revolution

Definition
The trip a planet or satellite takes around another object
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Rotation

Definition
The turning of the Earth on its imaginary axis
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Satellite

Definition
A natural body, such as the moon, that orbits another object
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Solar

Definition
Anything that pertains to the Sun
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Solar System

Definition
The Sun, eight planets, and the other objects that orbit the Sun in a predictable manner 
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System

Definition
An organized group of parts that perform a function or process; example:  weather systems, solar system, ecosystem
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