Spaceship Earth Vocabulary

Constellation

• a group of stars in the night sky that form a pattern

• circling another object, like Earth around the Sun

• a large, round object in outer space that orbits a star

• a tool that tells time by using the changing direction of shadows caused by the sun's movement across the sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A moon phase when the Moon looks like a sliver

• full moon

• gibbous moon

• crescent moon

• new moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole of the Earth

• model

• planet

• axis

• sundial

To spin or turn around a central point, like the Earth around its axis

• rotate

• orbit

• pattern

• cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A time of year with specific weather that repeats every year

• moon phase

• season

• cycle

• orbit (revolve)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Planet

• a pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or complicated to work with

• something that happens again and again and again in a way that can be predicted

• circling another object, like the Moon around the Earth

• a large, round object in outer space that orbits a star

One of the four main directions: If you are facing north, it is to the right.

• west

• north

• south

• east

Moon phase when the Moon looks like a less less than a full circle

• full moon

• gibbous moon

• half moon

• crescent moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

South

• When you face north, it is the direction behind you.

• When you face north, it is the direction to the left of you.

• When you face north, it is the direction to the right of you.

• When you face north, it is the direction to the front of you.

A tool that tells time by using the changing direction of shadows caused by the Sun's movement across the sky.

• model

• circumference

• axis

• sundial