Fast and Curious - Seasons

A region of the sky that contains a recognizable star pattern and is used to describe the location of objects in space.

• Constellation

• Star Chart

• Ellipse

• Star Configuration

An oval shape in which the added sum of the distance of two fixed points is the same.

Also the shape of the orbit that a celestial object travels around another.

• Ovoid

• Spheroid

• Ellipse

• Circle

The angular distance north or south form the equator, measured in degrees

• Temperature

• Longitude

• Amplitude

• Latitude

The motion of a body that travels around another body in space; one complete trip along an orbit.

• Year

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbital phase

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A division of the year with recurring (predictable) weather conditions caused by the Earth's tilt and position around the sun.

• Season

• Climate

• Daylight

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The imaginary line that runs through the North and South pole; Earth spins along this line.

• Kuiper Belt

• Equator

• Axis

• Hemisphere

The dividing line that separates Earth into two halves

• Latitude

• Meridian

• Longitude

• Equator

A half of Earth as divided by the equator or a meridian

• Hemisphere

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Magnetosphere

The spinning of Earth along its axis, taking 24 hours for one full completion

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Leap Day

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The degree tilt of the Earth on its axis

• 18.5 degrees

• 23.5 degrees
• 32.5 degrees

• 28.5 degrees

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6