Vocab

the spinning motion of a planet on its axis

• equinox

• revolution

• rotation

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The movement of an object around another object

• gravity

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

inertia

• the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

• the path of an object as it revolves around another in space

• an educated statement

• the spinning of a planet on its axis

Pick the true statements about the moon. (Pick 3)

• The moon reflects light.

• The Earth orbits the moon.

• The moon has 1/6 the gravity of Earth.

• The moon has no atmosphere.

• The moon has no craters.

What does rotate mean?

• Travel Around

• Spin

How long does it take for the Earth to spin on its axis one time?

• 1 Day

• 1 Month

• 1 Year

• 1 Hour

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Is it day or night in Africa?

• Day

• Night

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

hypothesis

• written in an if... then statement

• the movement of an object around another object

• an educated statement

• equal day and night

the attractice force between objects

• orbit

• axis

• gravity

• Law of Universal Gravitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

the red and blue line coming from Earth represents

• axis

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1