8.4 Earth in Space Vocab

Pattern (example in nature)

• Something that happens over and over.

• The phases of the moon

• A paper used to cut fabric to be put together to make clothing.

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Change in Perspective

• A change in the scale or angle at which we are viewing some parts or all of the system.

• A set of ways or values that never changes.

• The Sun and Moon are always in the sky.

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Solar

• relating to the Sun

• relating to the Moon

• relating to the Earth

• Relating to the bottoms the feet

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Daily (or Diurnally)

• Happening once a day.

• Happening twice a day.

• Happening once a week.

• Happening once a year.

Yearly (or Annually)

• Happening once a year.

• Happening once a day.

• Happening once a week.

• Happening once an hour.

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Elevation

• The angle of an object above the horizon.

• The angle of an object below the horizon.

• Putting others down.

• The angle of an object relative to the sun.

Polaris

• the North Star

• Mrs. Kaup's dog

• Mrs. Kaup's cat

• A type of pickup

Orbit

• The motion of Earth around the Sun.

• The motion of Earth around itself.

• The motion of Earth around the Moon.

• The motion of Earth around Polaris.

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Phases

• The different appearance of the Moon's shape

• Waxing, waning, new, full

• Sayings that make things simpler

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Lunar

• Related to the Moon

• Related to the Sun

• Related to the Earth

• Related to the oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1