Earth & Space

Rotation

• the action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path

• an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet

• turning or spinning on an axis

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Revolution

• turning or spinning on an axis

• an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

• the action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

axis

• an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet

• an object that orbits another object in space

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

• the air that surrounds Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

orbit

• the action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

• turning or spinning on an axis

• the rising and falling of the ocean's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

satellite

• an object that orbits another object in space

• a large hole in the ground caused by an asteroid

• the air that surrounds the Earth

• a science tool used for observing very distand objects in space

solar system

• each of the four divisions of the year marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours

• the shape of the lit part of the moon as seen from Earth

• the eight planets, the moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun

• the partial or total blocking of light of one object by another

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

tides

• the partial or total blocking of light of one object by another

• water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• the rising and falling of the ocean's surface

• a large hole in the ground caused by an asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

eclipses

• the rising and falling of the ocean's surface

• the partial or total blocking of light of one object by another

• the shape of the lit part of the moon as seen from Earth

• the air that surrounds Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

moon phases

• the shape of the lit part of the moon as seen from Earth

• a large hole in the ground caused by an asteroid

• the air that surround the Earth

• an object that orbits another object in space

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

crater

• the rising and falling of the ocean's surface

• an object that orbits another object in space

• a large hole in the ground caused by an asteroid

• the partial or total blocking of light of one object by another