Moon Phases Vocab Quiz

To travel around something in a circle or oval shape

• rotate
• orbit
• reflect
• eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Different stages or appearances of something

• eclipse
• faces
• revolution
• phases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the outer layer of something

• crust
• surface
• reflection
• crater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

To bounce light or sound off of something

• reflect
• surface
• lit

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This word describes the moon as the illuminated side grows larger and brighter after a new moon...

• waxing
• waning
• eclipse
• lit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This word describes the moon as the illuminated side shrinks smaller and smaller after a full moon...

• waxing
• waning
• eclipse
• lit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A large hole in the ground, often caused by a meteorite hitting the surface...

• dent
• phase
• orbit
• crater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

To shine light on something

• lit
• bright
• moon
• eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The spinning of an object around its own axis

• revolution
• reflection
• retraction
• rotation

The movement of one object moving around another, like the Earth going around the sun

• revolution
• rotation
• reflection
• retraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1