The Sun-Earth-Moon System

A space object goes around another object is...

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When the lit part of the moon is getting smaller, we call that ...

• Waxing

• Waning

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth experiences seasons as it revolves around the sun because of its

• shape

• tilt

• speed

• mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A revolution is when _______.

• an object is spinning

• an object is moving around another object

• the moon covers the sun

• the Earth is the farthest away from the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A phase is the portion of __________________.

• the Earth reflecting light into space

• the Moon reflecting light as seen from Earth

• the Moon that is the darkest during an equinox

• the Moon that is the lightest during a solstice

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During the ____________ phases, more of the Moon's near side is lit each night.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During the ____________ phases, less of the Moon's near side is lit each night.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The ________ is the darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked.

• orbit

• umbra

• penumbra

• equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface, it is called a ___________.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1