Astronomy Chapter 1 sections 1-2
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- Q1the study of stars and planetsbiologyplanetariumastronomyastrology30s
- Q2an imaginary line about which a body rotates.rotationAxisequatorrevolution30s
- Q3The spinning of Earth on its axisRotationrevolutiontiltaxis30s
- Q4The movement of an object around another objectrotationorbitsatelliteRevolution30s
- Q5The path an object follows as it moves around another objectrotationsatelliteOrbitelliptical30s
- Q6A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year.clockmonthlunarCalendar30s
- Q7Caused by the tilt of Earth on its axis as it revolves around the SunSeasonseclipsesunshineday and night30s
- Q8Distance north or south of the equatorparallaxlongitudeorbitLatitude30s
- Q9Distance east or west of the prime meridianlattitudeorbitkilometerLongitude30s
- Q10Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.eclipselunarSolsticeday30s
- Q11Each of the two times of the year when days and nights are of equal lengthEquinoxsolsticespring and summerequilibrium30s
- Q12the day of the year that marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemispherespring equinoxVernal Equinoxautumnal equinoxfall30s
- Q13The day of the year that marks the beginning of fall in the Northern hemisphereAutumnal Equinoxsolsticevernal equinoxgravity30s
- Q14A force that pulls objects toward each otherGravityinertiadensitymass30s
- Q15a period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis.monthsyearshoursDays30s