Moon Phases Vocab

Front

Path of the moon around Earth

Back

orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

Appearance of growth

Back

waxing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

Object revolving around a larger one

Back

satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Front

Move in a circular path around something.

Back

revolve

Front

Invisible line through Earth's center from North to South Pole

Back

axis

Front

Appearance of shrinking

Back

waning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

Turning around an axis

Back

Rotation

Front

Shape of the moon less than half illuminated

Back

crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

A series of events regularly repeated in the same order.

Back

cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3