Earth, Moon Sun Vocab

a celestial body moving in an elliptical pattern

• planet

• star

• sun

• solar system

astronomical luminous spheroid of plasma held together by gravity

• planet

• star

• sun

• solar system

the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system

• planet

• star

• sun

• solar system

the sun, 8 planets, and other objects that orbit the sun

• planet

• star

• sun

• solar system

the nearly circular path an object travels around a larger object

• orbit

• moon

• year

• terminator

a rocky sphere that travels around a planet

• orbit

• moon

• year

• terminator

the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete 1 orbit around a star

• orbit

• moon

• year

• terminator

the border between light and dark of the moon

• orbit

• moon

• year

• terminator

to shine light on an object to make visible

• illuminate

• lunar eclipse

• scale

• terminator

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

the relative size of things

• illuminate

• lunar eclipse

• scale

• terminator