Moon Vocabulary

What is the term for a natural satellite that orbits a planet or smaller body?

• Moon

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Star

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

What is the path which one body follows around another in space called?

• Orbit

• Axis

• Diameter

• Radius

What is an imaginary line which a body rotates called?

• Axis

• Equator

• Meridian

• Orbit

What is the spinning around its internal axis called?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Translation

• Oscillation

What is the spinning around an external object called?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Oscillation

• Vibration

What is the term for circling around something or moving in an orbit?

• Revolve

• Collide

• Expand

• Vibrate

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

What is the bouncing of light waves off a surface called?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffusion

• Absorption

What is the phase of the moon when it is between earth and sun and not visible called?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Waning Gibbous

What is the phase of the moon when it is positioned directly opposite the sun and its full illuminated face is visible called?

• Full moon

• New moon

• First quarter

• Waning crescent

What is a curved shape called?

• Crescent

• Square

• Triangle

• Rectangle

Tags

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6