Earth's Season Vocabulary

Match the following Moon phase with the correct picture

• Waxing Gibbous

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• Waxing Crescent

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• Waning Gibbous

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• Third Quarter

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A day with the Earth's rotation axis is the most towards or away form the sun.

• Equinox

• Season

• Synchronous Orbit

• Solstice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The portion of the moon reflecting light as seen from the Earth

• Waxing Phase

• Waning Phase

• Lunar Phase

• Lunar Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Organize these options into either Waxing Phase or Waning Phase

Groups:

(a) Waxing Phase

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(b) Waning phase

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• The lit part of the moon is on the right side

• The lit portion of moon grows larger

• The lit portion of the moon shrinks

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• The lit part of the moon is on the left side

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Umbra

• Penumbra

Match the following vocabulary terms with the definitions

• Orbit

• The elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, moon

• Synchronous Orbit

• An orbiting body has a period equal to the average rotational period of the body being orbited

• Rotation axis

• The line on which an object rotates

• Rotation

• The time it takes for a celestial body to spin once around its axis

The four divisions of the year marked by weather patterns and daylight hours

• Seasons

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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The force that attracts a body or mass towards the center of the Earth or towards any other physical body having mass is known as

• Force

• Revolution

• Gravity

• Rotation

Tags

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A day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward or away from the Sun.

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Season

• Tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following pictures of moon phases with their name.

• New Moon

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• Waning Crescent

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• Full Moon

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• First Quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1