![]() AXIS a line through the center of an object, around which it rotates when spinning |
![]() BAY part of the sea or lake extending into land |
![]() COMET a body that orbits around the sun |
![]() COMPASS an instrument for showing directions, consisting of a needle that points to the magnetic north pole, which is near the north pole |
![]() CONSTELLATION a grouping of stars named for a mythical figure, animal or inanimate object, there are 88 constellations |
![]() CRATER a depression |
![]() DAY the time in which the sun is above the horizon |
![]() EARTH the planet on which we live |
![]() EAST the point on the horizon where the sun rises |
![]() GALAXY
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![]() GEOGRAPHY the scientific study of the earth's surface features |
![]() GLOBE an object shaped like a ball with a map of the earth on it |
![]() LIGHT electromagnetic radiation visible to the eye |
![]() MAP a representation of the earth's surface |
![]() METEORITE a fallen meteor, a fragment of rock or metal reaching earth's surface from outer space |
![]() MOON a satellite that orbits a planet, due to gravitational attraction |
![]() MOUNTAIN a mass of land that rises to a great height , especially of over a thousand feet |
![]() NEBULA a gas or dust cloud in space |
![]() NIGHT the dark hours between sunset and sunrise |
![]() NORTH to the left of a person standing east where the sun rises |
![]() PENINSULA piece of land almost surrounded by water, or extending far out into the water |
PLAIN a flat stretch of land |
![]() PLANET a "wanderer" one in nine bodies of orbit around the sun |
PLASMA
a state of matter, highly ionized |
REFLECT
to throw back |
RELIEF
ease given by reduction or removal of pain or anxiety or burden |
![]() REVOLVE to turn or cause to turn around |
![]() ROTATE to revolve or cause to revolve |
![]() SATELLITE a body that revolves around a larger body; a moon |
![]() SEASON a section of the year with distinct characteristics of temperature and rainfall |
![]() SOLAR SYSTEM the sun with the heavenly bodies that revolve around it |
![]() SOUTH the point or direction opposite north |
![]() STAR a self luminous nearly spherical mass of gas |
![]() SUN the star that is the gravitational center of the solar system |
![]() TELESCOPE an instrument for observing objects at distance either visually or by other means |
TILT
being in a slanted position |
![]() UNIVERSE the cosmos, everything that is out there |
![]() WEST the point of the horizon where the sun sets |