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Chapter 8-Planet Earth and Its Moon

Chapter 8-Planet Earth and Its Moon. ___________ spinning of a planet, moon, or star around its axis. Rotation. _____________ movement of one object around another. Revolution. __________ path an object follows as it revolves around another object. Orbit.

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Chapter 8-Planet Earth and Its Moon

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  1. Chapter 8-Planet Earth and Its Moon

  2. ___________ spinning of a planet, moon, or star around its axis. Rotation

  3. _____________ movement of one object around another Revolution

  4. __________ path an object follows as it revolves around another object Orbit

  5. ________a shape that is like a circle stretched out in opposite directions. Ellipse

  6. Eclipse __________ event in which one object in space gets between the sun and another object.

  7. _______________ event in which the moon passes through Earth’s shadow. Lunar eclipse

  8. Solar eclipse ___________ event in which the moon passes between the sun and Earth.

  9. NASA ________ the government agency that runs the U.S. space program.

  10. Earth’s movements ________________ cause changes in patterns that are seen in the sky.

  11. Earth makes a rotation on an imaginary axis in about _________. 24 hours

  12. Earth revolves around the sun in about _________. 365 days

  13. The ____________ depend on where the sun, moon, and Earth are. moon’s phases

  14. Each time the moon rotates on its axis, _____________________ it revolves once around Earth

  15. eclipse In an _______, an object in space casts its shadow on another.

  16. NASA uses technology such as the ___________ and _________________ to study space. space station the Hubble Telescope

  17. _____________ has changed greatly as a result of space exploration. Communication

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