Earth in Space

Movement of one solar system object into the shadow of another object

• eclipse

• solstice

• tide

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Beginning of spring and fall; days on which hours of daylight equal hours of darkness

• equinox

• solstice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Beginning of summer or winter; days on which the hours of daylight are longest or shortest

• solstice

• equinox

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Molten volcanic material

• lava

• rocks

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Orbit of one object around another object

• revolution

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

spin of an object around its axis

• rotation

• revolution

Daily rising and falling level of the ocean and other large bodies of water

• tide

• meteor

• flood

• tsunami

Visible portion of the Moon becomes smaller

• waning

• waxing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Visible portion of the Moon becomes larger

• waxing

• waning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Small, rocky object that orbits the Sun

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

• meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3