Earth Moon Sun Vocabulary

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

• lunar eclipse

• gibbous moon

• crescent moon

• full moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth

• full moon

• new moon

• gibbous moon

• crescent moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• new moon

• gibbous moon

• crescent moon

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth

• orbit

• pattern

• moon phase

• sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During a total lunar eclipse the moon is in Earth’s

• corona.

• penumbra.

• umbra.

• orbit.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Celestial event that occurs when the Moon moves into Earth's shadow.

• solar storm

• blackout

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth

• quarter moon

• new moon

• crescent moon

• lunar eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)

• orbit

• pattern

• scale

• terminator

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth

• crescent moon

• new moon

• quarter moon

• gibbous moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system

• solar system

• exomoon

• moon

• sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1