Earth-Moon-Sun System

True or False: The Earth rotating on it's axis causes day & night.

• True

• False

True or False: At all times 1/2 the Earth is lit by the sun and 1/2 the Earth is in darkness.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or False: The Earth revolves on an axis.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: The Earth rotates on an axis.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space.

• Geocentric

• Ellipse

• Astronomy

• Heliocentric

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

An oval shape, which may be elongated or nearly circular; the shape of the planets' orbits.

• Orbit

• Ellipse

• Solstice

• Equinox

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates.

• Ellipse

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Axis

The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The movement of an object around another object.

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.

• Orbit

• Axis

• Rotation

• Revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4