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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