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Geography CH.1
Section 1
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Geography
9th Grade
09/14/2009

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solar system
Definition
the sun and the groups of planets that revolve around it
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Planets
Definition
planets do not generate there on light they are visible to us because they reflect sunlight
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moons
Definition
Smaller objects that orbit a planet
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satellite
Definition
a body that orbits a larger body
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Solar energy
Definition
energy that comes from the sun
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Rotation
Definition
One complete spin of Earth on its axis
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Revelation
Definition
an elliptical orbit
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Tilt
Definition
the earths tilt on its axis is important so everybody does not have the same day of sunlight
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sun
Definition
the sun is an average star
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earth
Definition
the earth is the third planet from the sun
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Moon
Definition
240000 miles from the earth and it is only one forth of the earths size
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stars
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are balls of gas
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the galaxy
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the galaxy we live in is called the milky way
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pluto
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is now a dwarf planet
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sun
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the diameter of the sun is 865000 miles
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