Astronomy

A day where Earth is tilted most toward the sun.

• Equinox

• Phase

• Solstice

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometers

• Astronomical Unit

• Automatical Unit

• Astronomy

• Astrology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The change in the sunlit area of one celestial body as seen from another celestial body

• Eclipse

• Ellipse

• Phase

• Umbra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The movement of an object around another object

• Rotation

• Ellipse

• Axis

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

An object that revolves around the sun too small to be called a planet

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A day where night equals daylight hours over the entire earth

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Phase

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The spinning motion of a planet about its axis

• Revolution

• Ellipse

• Rotation

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A ball of ice and dust whose orbit is a long ellipse

• Meteorite

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

An oval shape (egg like)

• Ellipse

• Eclipse

• Umbra

• Penumbra

A piece of rock from space that enters Earth's atmosphere

• Meteorite

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor