Season Vocabulary

An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates

• Spring

• Axis

• Summer

• Southern Hemisphere

The spinning of Earth (or another object in space) on its axis

• Axis

• Rotation

• Day

• Winter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The part of the 24 hour period of rotation when a location experiences darkness and is turned away from the sun.

• Rotation

• Axis

• Night

• Autumn/ Fall

The part of the 24 hour period of rotation when a location experiences daylight and is turned toward the sun

• Winter

• Axis

• Day

• Spring

The movement of one object around another

• Northern Hemisphere

• Autumn/Fall

• Winter

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

repeated, regular movement of objects in space

• Northern hemisphere

• spring

• winter

• Pattern

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the half of the earth north of the equator

• Northern hemisphere

• pattern

• southern hemisphere

• winter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the half of the Earth south of the equator

• night

• revolution

• southern hemisphere

• north hemisphere

The season experienced when the earth's axis is tilted TOWARD the sun

• Autumn

• Revolution

• Spring

• Summer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The season experienced when the earth's axis is tilted AWAY from the sun

• Rotate

• Northern Hemisphere

• Autumn/fall

• Winter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1