Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary

The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth's rotation

• orbit

• axis

• eclipse

• tilt

A phenomenon or process that involves multiple steps and repeats itself

• cyclic patterns

• seasons

• eclipses

• stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An obscuring of light from a celestial body by the passage of an object between the celestial body and the observer or between the celestial body and its source of illumination

• cyclic pattern

• moon

• eclipse

• season

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the full moon passes into Earth's shadow, causing the moon to appear reddish in color when the Sun, Earth, and the Moon directly line up; lasts 1 - 3 1/2 hours

• seasons

• cyclic patterns

• lunar phase

• lunar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by the observer, usually on Earth

• lunar phase

• lunar eclipse

• seasons

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A celestial body that revolves around a planet

• Pluto

• cyclic patterns

• moon

• eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

• winding road

• axis

• orbit

• star

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to varying amounts of sunlight received (both intensity and number of daylight hours vary); caused by the tilt of Earth during its revolution

• solar eclipses

• lunar eclipses

• cyclic patterns

• seasons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, covering all or part of the Sun; occurs when the Sun, the Moon, and Earth directly line up; lasts less than 12 minutes

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• seasons

• cyclic patterns

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A star and the group of planets and other celestial bodies that are held by its gravitational attraction and revolve around it

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• solar system

• ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3