Earth, Moon and Sun

a moon phase that looks like less than a half circle from Earth

• crescent moon

• exomoon

• exoplanet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a moon outside our solar system

• full moon

• exomoon

• gibbous moon

a planet outside our solar system

• exomoon

• gibbous moon

• exoplanet

a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth

• exomoon

• full moon

• gibbous moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a moon phase that looks like more than a half circle from Earth

• terminator

• gibbous moon

• year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the Moon is completely dark

• lunar eclipse

• terminator

• year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the border between light and dark on the Moon

• terminator

• year

• solar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars

• terminator

• solar eclipse

• year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

1. Lunar eclipses happen during relatively rare moments when the sun, Earth, and the Moon are perfectly aligned.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

1. The Moon’s repeating cycle of phases is not caused by the Moon’s changing position in its orbit around Earth.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1