Unit 3 Vocabulary

What is the term for "spin on an axis"?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Hemisphere

What does "to move around another object" refer to?

• Axis

• Equator

• Revolution

• Solstice

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What is "half of a sphere" called?

• Hemisphere

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Orbit

What is an "invisible line through an object" known as?

• Axis

• Equator

• Orbit

• Solstice

What is the term for most intense light?

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Direct light

• Indirect light

What is the term for less intense light?

• Direct light

• Indirect light

• Solstice

• Equinox

What is the "imaginary line around the center of the earth" called?

• Axis

• Equator

• Orbit

• Hemisphere

What is the term for "equal amounts of daytime and nighttime"?

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Hemisphere

• Orbit

What is the "longest day or shortest day" called?

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Axis

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the term for "four times of year with different weather caused by the tilt of the planet"?

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Seasons

• Hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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