Astronomy Jargon

The time it takes for a planet to rotate once on its axis.

• Month

• Year

• Day

• Orbit

The APPROXIMATE time it takes for one lunar orbit around the Earth (roughly 30 days). The moon can make 12 orbits in one year (once every 29.53 days).

• Month

• Day

• Orbit

• Year

The time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun once (365.25 days).

• Day

• Month

• Year

• Orbit

Constellations change on a frequent basis because stars are constantly moving, thus changing the patterns we see in the sky every year.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Points of light that appear fixed (don’t move in relation to one another) in the night sky.

• Constellation

• Planet

• Year

• Stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A group of stars in the sky that appear to make a pattern to the viewer.

• Constellatoin

• Stars

• The Zodiac

• Globular Cluster

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

12 constellations that all sit near the ecliptic. Over the course of a year we see all 12 of these constellations make their way through this same part of the sky.

• Ecliptic

• Solar Plane

• Zodiac

• Constellation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A great metaphor for the ecliptic is...

• a strange and unusual restaurant.

• a well traveled and popular road.

• a familiar smell.

• a classic movie that you watch at the same time every year.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The path that the sun, planets, moon and zodiac constellations all appear to take across the sky from sunrise in the east to sunset in the west.

• Zodiac

• Decan

• Ecliptic

• Varga

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Planet is the Greek word for...

• "lost"

• "friendly"

• "wanderer"

• "mystery"

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1