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Atmosphere: The gas surrounding a celestial body.
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Axis: An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South Poles.
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Day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight; created by the Earth rotating on its axis.
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Elliptical Orbit: The nearly circular (slightly oval) path the Earth takes in space as it revolves around the sun. p. 34
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Galaxy: A grouping of gas, dust, and many stars, plus any objects that orbit stars.
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Gravity: The attraction of bodies to the center of the Earth.
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Hydrosphere: the watery areas of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water. (3/4 of Earth covered in water)
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Lithosphere: the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
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Orbit: The path one body takes in space as it revolves around another body.
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Planet: A large bidy that revolves around a star.
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Rotation: The spin on an axis.
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Satellite: Any body that orbits another.
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Solar System: A star and all the palnets and other objects that revolve around that star.
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Sphere: A body (as the moon) shaped like a ball.
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Star: Ahuge ball of very hot gasses in space.
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Sun: The star at the center of our solar system.
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Tilt: To move or shift so as to slant or tip.
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Year: The period of 365 1/4 days required for the Earth to make on complete revolution around the sun.