Earth's Moon Vocabulary Quiz.

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Made of layers of gas surrounding a planet.

• Axis

• Atmosphere

• Lunar Eclipse

• Orbit

Tags

MS-ESS1-1

MS-ESS1

An invisible line which something rotates around. Ex) Imaginary line that passes through the North and South Poles on Earth.

• Lunar Eclipse

• Total Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• Axis

Outer region of a shadow cast in space by a planet or satellite.

• Umbra

• Phase

• Orbit

• Rotate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun.

• Waning Gibbous

• Total Eclipse

• Partial Eclipse

• Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Space of partial illumination between the darkest part of a shadow.

• Penumbra

• Phase

• Rotate

• Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Object's spinning motion about its own axis.

• Orbit

• Rotate

• Lunar Eclipse

• Total Eclipse

Object's orbital motion around another object.

• Penumbra

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Waning Gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Occurs when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun. The side of the moon facing Earth would be shadowed.

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Occurs when the moon has less of its surface illuminated by the Sun.

• Partial Eclipse

• Waning Gibbous

• Crescent

• Phase

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1