Space Systems Vocabulary Quiz

What is a phenomenon?

• An observable fact or event

• A dark image cast on some surface

• Things that repeat in a logical way

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

What is a shadow?

• An observable fact or event

• A dark image cast on some surface

• Things that repeat in a logical way

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

What are patterns?

• An observable fact or event

• A dark image cast on some surface

• Things that repeat in a logical way

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is sun angle?

• An observable fact or event

• A dark image cast on some surface

• Things that repeat in a logical way

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

What is solar noon?

• The time of day when the Sun is at its highest position in the sky

• A dark image cast on some surface

• Things that repeat in a logical way

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

What is sunrise?

• The time of day when the Sun is at its highest position in the sky

• The time in the morning when the sun appears or full daylight arrives

• Things that repeat in a logical way

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

What is sunset?

• The time of day when the Sun is at its highest position in the sky

• The time in the morning when the sun appears or full daylight arrives

• The time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

What is rotation?

• The turning of an object on its axis

• The time in the morning when the sun appears or full daylight arrives

• The time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is Earth's axis?

• The turning of an object on its axis

• The imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth

• The time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is an orbit?

• The turning of an object on its axis

• The imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth

• The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet or moon

• The angle between the sun's rays and Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4