Module 4 Vocabulary Mastery

Occurs when an object in space moves around another object in space in a regular path.

• Orbit

• Axis

• Rotation

• Celestial

Everything beyond Earth's atmosphere.

• Horizon

• Orbit

• Outer space

• Navigation

A grouping of stars forms a recognizable pattern in the night sky.

• Constellation

• Clockwise

• Sunrise

• Celestial

Occurs when the Sun disappears over the horizon.

• Sunset

• Sunrise

• Constellation

• Rotation

Occurs when the Moon disappears over the western horizon.

• Sunset

• Moonset

• Celestial

• Axis

Occurs when the Moon appears over the eastern horizon.

• Celestial

• Outer space

• Moonrise

• Sunset

When the Sun appears over the eastern horizon.

• Rotation

• Sunset

• Sunrise

• Axis

In the same direction as the movement of a clock's hand's when viewing the clock's face.

• Orbit

• Sunrise

• Clockwise

• Scale

The apparent boundary between Earth and the sky.

• Axis

• Horizon

• Orbit

• Navigation

An imaginary line that an object (such as Earth) rotates around.

• Clockwise

• Horizon

• Axis

• Constellation