Astronomy Unit Vocabulary

To turn or circle around a center point or axis

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Hemisphere

• Axis

• Equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

to orbit around another object or specific point

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Hemisphere

• Axis

• Equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

one half of a spherical object

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Hemisphere

• Axis

• Equator

an imaginary line an object rotates around

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Hemisphere

• Axis

• Equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

an imaginary line that separates a sphere into two equal halves

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Hemisphere

• Axis

• Equator

more of something in the same area

• concentrated

• equinox

• solstice

• tilt

• poles

when the position of the Sun is directly over the equator

• concentrated

• equinox

• solstice

• tilt

• poles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the position of the Sun is furthest from the equator and closest to either the north or the south pole

• concentrated

• equinox

• solstice

• tilt

• poles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the inclination or angle of an object

• concentrated

• equinox

• solstice

• tilt

• poles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the two points on the planet's surface where its axis of rotation intersects

• concentrated

• equinox

• solstice

• tilt

• poles