Chapter 2 Science

Phases of the moon where it appears to be getting larger each night

• waning

• waxing

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Day with equal hours of day and night (occurs in March and September)

• solstice

• equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Movement of one solar system object into the shadow of another

• waxing

• revolution

• eclipse

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How far light travels in one year

• rotation

• speed of light

• revolution

• light year

Small rocky particles that move through space

• comet

• meteor

• dwarf planet

• meteoroid

Smaller solar system object that shares it's orbital path with an object of similar size

• planet

• comet

• dwarf planet

• moon

streak of light created by a meteoroid burning through Earth's atmosphere

• comet

• meteor

• meteoroid

• meteorite

orbit of one object around another object

• rotation

• waxing

• eclipse

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

spin of an object around it's axis

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

• light year

large sphere of hydrogen gas

• dwarf planet

• eclipse

• Big Bang

• star

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3