Astronomy Vocabulary Quiz
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Astronomy vocabulary quiz based on Astronomy Vocabulary. Created by lazemaze. Does not open in a new window:http://www. Proprofs. Com/flashcards/story. Php? Title=astronomy-vocabulary
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- 1.The science involved in the observation and explanation of events occurring beyond Earth's atmosphere
- 2.Everything that exists, all matter and energy, including Earth, planets, stars, galaxies, and all they contain
- 3.A unit used to measure the distances between the sun and planets1 A.U.=93 million miles=Sun to Earth
- 4.The time it takes for a planet to spin on its axis
- 5.The movement of one object around another
- 6.The sun and all of the objects orbiting around it, including planets, moons, comets, and asteroids
- 7.Also called Inner Planets, they are the four planets closest to the sun that are smaller and made of rock
- 8.Also called Outer Planets, the four planets which are made of gas, and are very large
- 9.A small chunk of ice, dust, and rock, that orbits the sun in a long, narrow ellipse
- 10.Any of the hundreds of small rocky objects too small to be planets, that orbit the sun between Mars + Jupiter
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