Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary

the imaginary line on which the Earth rotates

• axis

• hemisphere

• constelliation

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a group of visible stars that form a pattern when viewed from Earth

• Star

• Constellation

• Moon

• Equator

the third planet from the Sun, Our home planet Earth is a rocky, terrestrial planet

• Season

• Axis

• Earth

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• Sun

• Revolution

• Planet

• Equator

Half of Earth (i.e. Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western)

• Constellation

• Hemisphere

• Earth

• Moon

A natural satellite that revolves around a planet

• Rotation

• Seasons

• Moon

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own

• Star

• Revolution

• Hemisphere

• Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

When one object orbits another object

• Revolution

• Sun

• Earth

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When an object turns, or spins, about an axis or a center

• Seasons

• Rotation

• Star

• Moon

four different times during the year with different types of weather. They are spring, summer, fall, and winter

• Equator

• Planet

• Seasons

• Constellation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6