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- 2. law of universal gravitation: a mathematical rule that tells us how the strength of the force of gravity depends on the mass and distance
- 5. A group of stars dust gas and other objects held together by gravitational forces
- 6. an object in space made mostly of ice and dust
- 8. A chunk of burning Rock traveling through Earth's atmosphere
- 9. Way galaxy: the spiral galaxy to which our solar system belongs
- 10. planets: Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune
- 14. an object that orbits the sun but is too small to be a planet
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- 1. system: the sun, planets, other moons, and other objects that are gravitationally bound to the sun.
- 2. fusion: Reactions that combine Light Elements such as hydrogen into heavier elements such as helium releasing energy
- 3. a cycle of rising and falling sea levels that repeats every 12 hours
- 4. an enormous hot ball of gas held together by gravity that produces energy through nuclear fusion reactions in its core.
- 7. a meteor that passes through Earth's atmosphere and Strikes the ground
- 11. unit: a distance equal to 150 million kilometers, or the distance from the Earth to the sun.
- 12. The repeating circular (or elliptical path) an object takes around a gravity Source such as a planet or star
- 13. year: The distance light travels through space in one year- 9.46x10 to the 12thkm