module 1 vocab

the path an object follows as it moves around another object

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

• phase

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the spin of an object around its axis

• rotation

• revolution

• phase

• orbit

the line on which an object rotates

• rotation

• revolution

• rotation axis

• phase

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

• solstice

• equinox

• phase

• waxing phase

when Earth's rotation axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun

• solstice

• equinox

• phase

• rotation

the lit part of the Moon or a planet that can be seen from Earth

• waxing phase

• phase

• waning phase

• solstice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

phases of the moon during which more of the Moon's near side is lit each night

• waxing phase

• phase

• waning phase

• equinox

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

phases of the Moon during which less of the moon's near side is lit each night

• waxing phase

• phase

• waning phase

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

an occurrence during which the Moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• phases

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the lighter part of a shadow

• umbra

• penumbra

• waxing phase

• waning phase