Topic 3 Lesson 2: Earth’s Movement Vocabulary

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 law of universal gravitation

States that every object in the universe attracts every other object

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gravity

The attractive force between objects that pulls objects down

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inertia

An object to resist a change in motion

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axis

An imaginary line that passes through the earths center on which it spins

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rotation

The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

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revolution

The movement of an object around another object

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orbit

The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

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solstice

Two days of the year when the sun reaches its greatest distance north and south

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equinox

Two day of the year when neither hemisphere is  tilted towards or away from the sun  

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