Seasons Vocabulary

An imaginary line around which Earth rotates

• Earth's Axis

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Tilt

The measure of how hot or cold something is

• temperature

• weather

• seasons

• latitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The angle between the planet's rotational axis and orbital axis

• weather

• Earth's Axis

• Tilt

• Longitude

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place

• seasons

• weather

• Earth's Orbit

• Equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Imaginary lines that run from N pole to S pole and measure distance E & W of the Prime Meridian

• equator

• Prime Meridian

• longitude

• latitude

4 divisions of the year (winter, summer, spring, fall) marked by weather patterns and daylight hours

• seasons

• weather

• Earth's Tilt

• Earth's Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Almost circular, repeating path around the sun

• Earth's Axis

• tilt

• seasons

• Earth's Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Imaginary lines that run East and West to measure the distance N & S of the equator

• latitude

• longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

The lines of _______________ run east and west (horizontally).

• latitude

• longitude

The path that Earth follows around the sun is __________________.

• Earth's Axis

• Earth's Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2