Earth, Moon, and Sun vocab

Front

Term for an object's orbit around another?

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Revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

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Spinning of a celestial body around an axis?

Back

Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Circular path of an object revolving around another?

Back

Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Front

Imaginary line an object spins around?

Back

Axis

Front

Dark areas on the moon's surface are called:

Back

Maria

Front

Craters on the moon's surface?

Back

Roughly circular, bowl-shaped holes formed by the impact of rocky bodies.

Front

Gravity:

Back

A force between any two objects with mass.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

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Inertia: An object's resistance to change in motion based on its mass.

Back

Inertia is an object's resistance to a change in motion based on its mass.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Front

Penumbra in an eclipse?

Back

The lighter outer region of a shadow causing only a partial eclipse.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Umbra: The darkest part of a shadow during an eclipse.

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Total eclipse visible.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1