Moon Vocab

Half of Earth

• Waning

• Waxing

• Hemisphere

• Lunar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Pertaining to the moon

• Hemisphere

• Lunar

• Phase

• Gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A natural satellite that revolves around a planet

• Phase

• Moon

• Lunar

• Gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A stage in the process of the appearance of sunlight reflected off the moon's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the visible surface of the moon INCREASES

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the visible surface of the moon DECREASES

• Waning

• Waxing

• Phase

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A line of latitude about 23 degrees NORTH of the Equator; the farthest point NORTH that can receive direct rays of sunlight

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

A line of latitude about 23 degrees SOUTH of the Equator; the farthest point SOUTH that can receive direct rays of sunlight

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Moon phase in which more than half of the Moon appears to be illuminated

• Lunar

• Gibbous

• Phase

• Waning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The angle at which incoming light rays approaches a surface, such as the Sun's rays hitting the Earth's surface.

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Gibbous

• Tropic of Cancer

• Angle of Incidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1