Earth & Sun Vocabulary Review

An imaginary line which a sphere rotates.

• rotation

• axis

• revolution

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Anything that takes up space and has mass.

• Mass

• Atmosphere

• Matter

• Air

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The condition of the air around us.

• variable

• climate

• atmosphere

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The movement of energy from one place to another.

• climate

• solar energy

• energy transfer

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The star at the center of the solar system around which everything else orbits.

• sun

• shadow

• star

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The 4 week period during which the Moon orbits Earth one time.

• solar system

• lunar cycle

• phase

• sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The dark area behind an object that blocks light.

• shadow

• sun

• moon

• star

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The shape of the visible part of the moon.

• phase

• moon

• axis

• sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The force exerted on a surface by the mass of air around or in contact with it.

• matter

• mass

• air pressure

• compress

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The layer of gases surrounding Earth.

• weather

• climate

• atmosphere

• meteorologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6