Earth Sun Moon Vocabulary

What are Cyclic Patterns?

• When the full Moon passes into Earth’s shadow, causing the Moon to appear reddish when the Sun, Earth, and the Moon directly line up; it lasts 1–3½ hours

• A phenomenon or process that involves multiple steps and repeats itself

• The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is an Axis?

• An obscuring of the light from a celestial body by the passage of an object between the celestial body and the observer or between the celestial body and its source of illumination

• A phenomenon or process that involves multiple steps and repeats itself

• The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth’s rotation

What is the Tilt of the Earth?

• The slant of Earth’s axis, which is 23.5 degrees from vertical compared to Earth’s orbital plane around the Sun; results in the North Pole always pointing toward the North Star

• A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

• The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth’s rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is an Orbit?

• A celestial body that revolves around a planet

• A star and the group of planets and other celestial bodies that are held by its gravitational attraction and revolve around it

• A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Identify this phase of the moon

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing crescent

• third quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Identify the phase of the moon that is shown

• new moon

• first quarter

• waning gibbous

• third quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3. Identify the phase of the moon that is shown

• waxing gibbous

• full moon

• waning gibbous

• third quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

4. Identify the phase of the moon that is shown

• new moon

• third quarter

• waxing crescent

• full moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5. Identify the phase of the moon that is shown

• waning gibbous

• new moon

• third quarter

• waxing crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6. Identify the phase of the moon that is shown

• new moon

• blue moon

• third quarter

• waxing crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1