Astronomy

astronomy

• the time required for the moon to orbit once around the Earth

• the time required for the Earth to rotate once on its axis

• the time required for Earth to orbit once around the sun

• the study of the universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

year

• the time required for the moon to orbit once around the Earth

• the time required for the Earth to rotate once on its axis

• the time required for Earth to orbit once around the sun

• the study of the universe

month

• the time required for the moon to orbit once around the Earth

• the time required for the Earth to rotate once on its axis

• the time required for Earth to orbit once around the sun

• the study of the universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

day

• the time required for the moon to orbit once around the Earth

• the time required for the Earth to rotate once on its axis

• the time required for Earth to orbit once around the sun

• the study of the universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

constellation

• the line where the sky and the Earth appear to meet

• the point in the sky directly above an observer (person) on Earth

• the angle between an object in the sky and the horizon

• a region of the sky that contains a recognizable star pattern

zenith

• the line where the sky and the Earth appear to meet

• the point in the sky directly above an observer (person) on Earth

• the angle between an object in the sky and the horizon

• a region of the sky that contains a recognizable star pattern

altitude

• the line where the sky and the Earth appear to meet

• the point in the sky directly above an observer (person) on Earth

• the angle between an object in the sky and the horizon

• a region of the sky that contains a recognizable star pattern

horizon

• the line where the sky and the Earth appear to meet

• the point in the sky directly above an observer (person) on EArth

• the angle between an object in the sky and the horizon

• a region of the sky that contains a recognizable star pattern

light-year

• the distance that light travels in one year

• a large, reddish star late in its life cycle

• a small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old star

• a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

red giant

• the distance that light travels in one year

• a large, reddish star late in its life cycle

• a small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old star

• a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3