Vocab
The path of an object's revolution
What is an orbit?
The Earth's movement around the sun
What is revolution?
This man with an amazing jawline used Earth's revolution and rotation to explain the movement of the stars
Nicolaus Copernicus
When an apple hit this guy in the head, he began to theorize gravity
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
What is the moon?
A large, hot ball of gas completing nuclear fusion
What is a star?
The imaginary line that the earth spins around
What is the axis?
The model where the Earth is the center of the universe
What is geocentrism?
As objects move further away, this happens to gravity
What is weakens it?
The degree at which the Earth is tilted on its axis
What is 23.5?
Patterns of stars in the night sky
What are constellations?
The length of one revolution
What is 365.25 days?
Who is Aristarchus?
The 2 factors that affect gravity
What are mass and distance?
The smallest country in the world
What is Vatican City?
A large collection of dust and ice that has a tail
What is a comet?
Causes the day and night cycle
What is rotation?
The current model of our solar system with the sun in the center
What is heliocentrism?
Objects with a larger mass are harder to move because they have more
What is inertia?
The leader found in "short supply" in Shrek
Who is Lord Farquad?
The Earth is one of 8 of these in our solar system
What are planets?
The days of the year when the sun is at its highest or lowest point
What are the solstices?
The man who theorized an elliptical orbit
Who is Keppler?
Newton's First Law of Motion
What is "an object in motion will stay in motion..."?
Tung Tung Tung
What is sahur?