Sun-Moon-Earth

The amount of time it takes for Earth to make a complete rotation

• Day

• Month

• Year

• Hour

The process of Earth spinning on its axis

• Revolution

• Completion

• Rotation

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The process of Earth orbiting the sun (or an object around another larger object)

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Conclusion

• Phases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The number of days in a year on Earth

• 12

• 4

• 365.25

• 29.5

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The amount of time it takes Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun

• Day

• Month

• Year

• Hour

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Term used to describe a certain time of year, caused by the Earth's tilted axis (when our part of the Earth faces toward or away from the sun)

• Month

• Week

• Season

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole at a 23.5° tilt.

• Axis

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Solstice

The day of the year with the greatest amount of daylight

• Summer Solstice

• Lead Year

• Winter Solstice

• Equinox

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The day of the year with the least amount of daylight

• Summer Solstice

• Lead Year

• Winter Solstice

• Equinox

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Occurs on two days in the year when the hours of daylight and darkness are equal everywhere on Earth

• Solstice

• Month

• Season

• Equinox

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1