Moon Phases Vocab

The path the moon takes as it moves around the Earth

• rotation

• orbit

• cycle

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the appearance that something is growing

• waning

• gibbous

• crescent

• waxing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

an object that revolves around a larger object

• satellite

• phase

• revolve

• crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

to move in a circular path around something

the shape of the moon that is more than half illuminated

• crescent

• waxing

• gibbous

• waning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

an invisible line that runs through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole

• equator

• equador

• axis

• line of latitude

the appearance that something is shrinking

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

any stage in the series of changes in the appearance of the moon

• translation

• order of development

• phase

• gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

turning around on an axis

• revolve

• rotation

• translation

• satellite

the shape of the moon that is less than half illuminated

• orbit

• axis

• gibbous

• crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1