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Newsletter from the Science Teacher Vocabulary Words of the Week for Space: Solar System - The Sun and the 8 planets that revolve around it. Planet - Sphere made of rocks and gases Position - Where an object is located in space Sphere - A circular/round three dimensional ball Orbit - The path an object takes in space Compass - An instrument that uses a small magnet to show which direction is North (N) Sundial - Instrument that measure the time of day by using the position of the Sun Shadow - A dark area caused when an object blocks light falling on the surface of Earth Rotation - Earth spins on its axis causing day and night in a 24 hour time period (1 Day) Axis - An imaginary line Earth spins on; Earth spins on a 24.5 degree tilt Day - When Earth faces the Sun and is lighted Night - The time during rotation when Earth does not face the Sun Revolution - One complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun or the Moon around Earth Moon - A natural satellite that orbits a planet Crater - Bowl shaped indents that are caused with a collision with another object such as a meteorite Mass - The amount of matter in an object Weight - The force of gravity on an object (how hard gravity is pulling on you) Gravity - A natural force that causes two objects to pull toward each other depending on their mass and the distance between them Earth - A planet in the solar system that has life Tide - The rise and fall of water in the ocean caused by the Moon’s gravitational pull Moon Phase/Lunar Phase - What the moon looks like at different times of the month Reminders: April 23, 2014: 5th Grade Science STAAR Test!!!