Earth in the Universe

when a planet or moon turns all the way around or spins on its axis one time

• revolution

• rotation

• gravity

• magnetic force

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the movement of one object around a center or

another object

• revolution

• gravity

• magnetic force

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

a real or imaginary line on which something rotates

• hemisphere

• tilt

• axis

• North Pole

to lean on one side or in one direction; be or become inclined or slanted

• elliptical path

• axis

• orbit

• tilt

path that one object in space takes around another one

• orbit

• axis

• tilt

• circle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the revolving of one object around another in an oval-shaped path called an ellipse

• square orbit

• parallel orbit

• elliptical orbit

• rectangular orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

occur four different times during the year with different types of weather. They are spring, summer, fall, and winter, and are caused by the Earth's orbit around the Sun, its rotation on its axis, and its tilt

• hemispheres

• poles

• months

• seasons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the rising and falling of the surface of the ocean caused twice daily by the attraction of the sun and the moon

• hemisphere

• tides

• phases

• eclipse

A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the greatest; occur when the Moon is either new or full, and the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are aligned.

• Neap Tide

• Fall Tide

• Summer Tide

• Spring Tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water

• Neap Tide

• Fall Tide

• Spring Tide

• Summer Tide