8th Grade Unit 5 Vocabulary

Front

What is the term for the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another?

Back

Eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

What is the periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean called?

Back

Tide

Front

What is it called when the amount of surface of the moon is increasing?

Back

Waxing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

What is the spinning of Earth on its axis called?

Back

Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

What is the term for a greater difference in tides because the moon and sun are aligned?

Back

Spring Tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

What is the term for the movement of one object around another in space?

Back

Revolution

Front

What is the term for the smaller difference in tides that occurs when the moon and sun are at right angles?

Back

Neap Tide

Front

What phase of the moon occurs when it is completely illuminated?

Back

Full Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

What phase of the moon occurs when it is not visible from Earth?

Back

New Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

What is the term for the gravitational pull of the moon on Earth that causes tides?

Back

Lunar Gravitational Pull