6th Grade- Module 7 Vocabulary

the spin of an object around its axis

• solstice

• rotation axis

• equinox

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the line on which an object rotates

• rotation axis

• rotation

• orbit

• revolution

the path an object follows as it moves around another object

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

• phase

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the orbit of one object around another object

• umbra

• penumbra

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

when Earth's rotation axis is tilted directly toward or away from the Sun

• solstice

• equinox

• phase

• umbra

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

• solstice

• penumbra

• equinox

• waning phase

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

• waning phase

• waxing phase

• phase

• umbra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• phase

• waxing phase

• waning phase

• solar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• waxing phase

• waning phase

• solar eclipse

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the central, darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked

• umbra

• penumbra

• solar eclipse

• solstice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1