Cumulative Vocabulary Quiz 1

A force that pulls everything toward the center of Earth

• orbit

• revolution

• gravity

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

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

• gravity

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

One complete trip of one object around another. Earth makes this trip in one year or 365 days

• gravity

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

A complete spin on an axis. Earth does this every day or 24 hours.

• gravity

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

The appearance of the shape of the moon at a particular time.

• solar eclipse

• phase

• lunar eclipse

• planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A blocking of the sun's light that happens when the moon passes directly between earth and the sun

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• orbit

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A blocking of the sun's light that occurs when the moon moves into earth's shadow and is not longer reached by direct sunlight

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• rotation

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A star and the objects that orbit around it

• planet

• solar system

• radio system

• asteriod

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large object that orbits a star

• solar system

• planet

• asteriod

• quarter moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A natural object that orbits a planet

• asteriod

• moon

• axis

• equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1