Planets and Galaxy Vocab 8th Grade

The spin of an object around its axis.

• rotation

• gravity

• galaxies

• orbit

The line on which an object rotates.

• rotation axis

• solstice

• revolution

• rotation

The path another object follows as it moves around another object.

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

• solstice

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The orbit of one object around another object.

• revolution

• rotation

• solstice

• equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When the earth's rotation axis is tilted directly toward or away from the sun.

• solstice

• equinox

• phase

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the earth's rotation axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun.

• equinox

• solstice

• phase

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The lit part of the moon or a planet that can be seen from Earth.

• phase

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phases of the moon during which more of the moon's near side is lit each night.

• waxing phase

• waning phase

• gravity

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phases of the moon during which less of the moon's near side is lit each night.

• waning phase

• waxing phase

• roation

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An occurrence during which the moon's shadow appears on the earth's surface.

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• equinox

• solstice

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1