Sun, Earth, and Moon Vocabulary

the third planet from the Sun, Our home planet Earth is a rocky, terrestrial planet

• Season

• Axis

• Earth

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When one object orbits another object

• Revolution

• Sun

• Earth

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The closest star to Earth and the center of our solar system

• Rotation

• Earth

• Moon

• Sun

A natural satellite that revolves around a planet

• Rotation

• Seasons

• Moon

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The path an object follows as it moves around another object.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Phase

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When Earth's rotation axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the Sun.

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Umbra

• Penumbra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The lit part of the Moon or a planet that can be seen from Earth.

• Phase

• Umbra

• Penumbra

• Solstice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phases of the Moon during which more of the Moon's near side is lit each night.

• Umbra

• Waxing Phase

• Penumbra

• Waning Phase

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phases of the Moon during which less of the Moon's near side is lit each night.

• Waxing Phase

• Waning Phase

• Umbra

• Penumbra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• Penumbra

• Waning Phase

• Waxing Phase

• Umbra