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an imaginary line that passes through a planet's center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates
a) axis
b) rotation
c) revolution
d) equinox

the spinning motion of a planet on its axis
a) rotation
b) revolution
c) orbit
d) inertia

the movement of an object around another object
a) revolution
b) rotation
c) solstice
d) inertia

the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
a) orbit
b) revolution
c) rotation
d) axis

either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
a) solstice
b) equinox
c) fall
d) spring

either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
a) equinox
b) solstice
c) summer
d) winter

the attractive force between objects; the force that moves objects downhill
a) gravity
b) law of gravitation
c) inertia
d) equinox

states that every object in the universe attracts every other object
a) law of universal gravitation
b) gravity
c) inertia
d) equinox

the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
a) inertia
b) gravity
c) law of gravitation
d) revolution

a testable idea you make based on information you already know
a) hypothesize
b) science
c) research
d) engineering

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