6.E.1.1 Seasons and Phases of the Moon Vocabulary

an imaginary line that an object spins or revolves around

• equator

• solstice

• axis

• rotation

the spinning of a celestial body, such as a planet, around an axis

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• axix

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

angular distance north and south of the equator

• tide

• solstice

• rotation

• latitude

the circular path of an object as it revolves around another object

• low tide

• axis

• orbit

• equinox

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

the orbiting of an object around another object

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• equinox

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The regular rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean

• axis

• tide

• season

• latitude

an event in which a planet’s poles are most extremely inclined toward or away from the star it orbits.

• axis

• solstice

• equinox

• rotation

an event in which a planet’s subsolar point passes through its Equator.

• revolution

• season

• solstice

• equinox

each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's tilt on it's axis.

• equinox

• axis

• season

• solstice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a regular oval shape

• Ellipse

• Orbit

• Phases

• Eclipse