Sun/Moon/Earth

The visible part of the Moon becomes larger

• Waxing

• waning

• New moon

• Crescent moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the beginning of summer or winter: days on which the hours of daylight are longest or shortest

• eclipse

• solstice

• ellipse

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the spin of an object around its axis

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• spinning

the orbit of one object around another object

• circling

• spinning

• rotation

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

• lunar eclipse

• solstice

• eclipse

• equinox

What causes our days and nights here on Earth?

• The rotation of the moon

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The revolution of the Moon

• The revolution of the Earth

What is Earth's axis?

• An imaginary line through the center of the Earth

• A metal pole through the center of the Earth

• The way the Earth revolves

• The way the moon revolves

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• The revolution of the Earth around the Sun

• The way the Earth spins on it's axis

• The way the Earth is tilted on it's axis in relation to how it revolves around the Sun

• The way the Moon revolves around the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If the Moon doesn't emit its own light, how can I see it at night?

• The moon reflects the sun's light.

• The moon reflects the Earth's light

• The moon is battery powered.

• The sun reflects the moon's light.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why does Earth stay in its orbit around the Sun?

• The gravitational pull of the Moon

• The gravitational pull of the Sun

• The gravitational pull of Venus

• The gravitational pull of the earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4