Earth, Moon, & Sun Vocabulary

 a person trained to travel in travel in space

• astronaut

• astrologist

• chemist

• biologist

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the blanket of air surrounding a planet, star, or moon

• wind

• atmosphere

• space

• blanket

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the time between sunrise and sunset, when it is light outside

• day

• night

• noon

• orbit

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the planet we live on

• Mars

• Neptune

• Pluto

• Earth

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the huge ball of rock that travels around Earth

• Moon

• Satellite

• Jupiter

• Sun

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the time between sunset and sunrise, when it is dark outside

• day

• night

• noon

• 12:00 am

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the path taken by an object in space circling around a larger object

• orbit

• reflection

• revolve

• resolution

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a very large object that travels in circles around a star

• Planet

• Pluto

• Space

• Star

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to bounce off something like a ball bouncing off a wall

• revolve

• bounce

• reflect

• absorb

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to move in a circle around something

• circle

• revolve

• swing

• rotate

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