Earth Moon Sun Quiz Amplify Vocabulary

A round geometric surface whose points are an equal distance from its center. Earth is a sphere.

• Sphere

• rotation

• revolution

• ellipse

The spinning of Earth on its axis. This causes day and night to occur.

• ellipse

• revolution

• Sphere

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The movement of an object around another object. Earth's yearly orbit around the sun.

• ellipse

• revolution

• Sphere

• solstice

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A elongated circle, or oval shape, the shape of the planets orbit. Earth's orbit of the sun.

• ellipse

• revolution

• solstice

• equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another. When the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator. Our summer solstice in June 21st or 22nd.

• ellipse

• equinox

• solstice

• Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Each of the two times of the year when days and nights are of equal length

• ellipse

• equinox

• Earth

• Axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Satellite of the Earth

• revolution

• ellipse

• Earth

• Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Satellite of the Sun

• Axis

• Equator

• Earth

• Tropic of Capricorn

Imaginary line on which earth rotates

• Tropic of cancer

• Axis

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

the parallel of latitude that is approximately 231⁄2 degrees north of the equator and that is the northernmost latitude reached by the overhead sun

• Tropic of cancer

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Earth's Magnetic Field