Gravity & Motion

Circular movement around an axis. Example, Earth spins on it's axis.

• Rotation

• Revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The movement of an object around another object. Example, Earth orbits the Sun

• Revolution

• Rotation

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An imaginary line around which a body rotates.

• Axis

• North Pole

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

• orbit

• astronomy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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When 1/2 the Earth faces the Sun and is lighted.

• day

• night

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When 1/2 the Earth is not in the Sun's rays

• night

• day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A force that pulls objects toward each other

• Gravity

• Inertia

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the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

• Inertia

• Gravity

What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?

• orbit

• equator

• axis

• latitiude

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• day and night

• a year

• the seasons

• a month

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