Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system
What is a Planet?
The star at the center of the solar system that supplies heat and light to Earth
What is the Sun?
An imaginary line around which a sphere rotates.
What is an axis?
A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change direction.
What is a force?
A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat
What is a Star?
Making a complete spin on an axis.
What is rotation?
The direction of the greatest gravitational force acting on an object near the earth’s surface is toward this.
What is the center of the Earth?
In comparison to other stars in the sky, the Sun appears brighter because it is this.
What is closer?
The moons that describe the closest rotations to the sun without it being called First Moon, Third Quarter, or New Moon.
What are waxing and waning crescent moons?
The path an object takes around a more massive object.
What is Orbit?
The amount of the stars, visible in the night sky, are closer to Earth than the Sun.
What is none?
A natural satellite that orbits a planet.
What is a moon?