Practical - Space Science Review

VOCAB: When the sun is directly overhead one hemisphere, resulting in longest day/night.

• solstice

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

VOCAB: When the sun is not pointed toward either hemisphere, resulting in equal day/night.

• solstice

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

VOCAB: The spin of Earth around its axis (24 hours long)

• solstice

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

VOCAB: The movement of Earth around the Sun (365 days long)

• solstice

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

VOCAB: Longer wavelengths due to objects moving away from us.

• blue shift

• red shift

• galaxy

• Big Bang Theory

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

VOCAB: Shorter wavelengths due to objects moving closer to us.

• blue shift

• red shift

• galaxy

• Big Bang Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

VOCAB: The theory that our galaxy is 13-15 billion years old, formed from matter expansion.

• blue shift

• red shift

• galaxy

• Big Bang Theory

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

VOCAB: A collection of billions of stars, nebulae, gases, dust, and planets.

• blue shift

• red shift

• galaxy

• Big Bang Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What causes us to experience day and night on Earth?

• the rotation of Earth

• the revolution of Earth

• Earth's orbit

• Earth's tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes us to experience different seasons on Earth?

• the rotation of Earth

• the revolution of Earth

• Earth's orbit

• Earth's tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6