Earth In Space Vocabulary

Question 1

Pattern

Answer 1

Something that happens over and over

Question 2

Change in Perspective

Answer 2

A change in the scale or angle at which we are viewing some parts or all of the system.

Question 3

Polaris

Answer 3

The North Star

Question 4

Elevation

Answer 4

Angle of an object above the horizon

Question 5

Solar

Answer 5

Related to the Sun

Question 6

Daily (or Diurnally)

Answer 6

Happening once a day

Question 7

Yearly (or Annually)

Answer 7

Happening once a year

Question 8

Orbit (revolution)

Answer 8

Orbit (revolution)The motion of the Earth around the Sun

Question 9

Axis

Answer 9

Earth’s axis is the imaginary line passing through Earth’s North Pole and South Pole.

Question 10

Rotation

Answer 10

A spin on an imaginary axis

Question 11

Insolation

Answer 11

The amount of incoming solar radiation that reaches the surface of the Earth.

Question 12

Direct rays

Answer 12

Sunlight that hits the ground straight on (or at a 90° angle) and is spread out over a smaller area

Question 13

Indirect rays

Answer 13

Sunlight that hits the ground at an angle and is spread out over a larger area

Question 14

Elevation

Answer 14

Angle of an object above the horizon

Question 15

Lunar Phases

Answer 15

The changing amount of sunlight we can see reflected off the moon toward Earth as the moon orbits Earth

Question 16

Full moon

Answer 16

When the moon appears fully lit from Earth

Question 17

New Moon

Answer 17

When the side of the Moon facing the Earth is dark

Question 18

Waxing

Answer 18

When the lit part (right side) of the moon is getting bigger as seen from Earth (Waxing on the right, getting bigger every night.)

Question 19

Waning

Answer 19

When the lit part of the moon (left side) is getting smaller as seen from Earth