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Unit 6

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Definition
asteroid   show
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show the average distance between Earth and the sun  
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comet   show
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show an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another  
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galaxy   show
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show a force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses  
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show the distance that light travels in one year  
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orbit   show
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parallax   show
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show in astronomy, the change in the sunlit area of one celestial body as seen from another celestial body  
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show a disk of gas and dust orbiting a newly formed star, from which planets may eventually form  
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season   show
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show a rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed  
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show an instrument that collects light from distant objects and concentrates it to make the objects appear larger or brighter  
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universe   show
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