Earth's place in the universe Flashcards
Axis
An imaginary line an object turns around
day / night
pm afternoon after 12 lunch time
am morning time before noon asleep and when you first get to school
rotation/ rotates
The movement of an object in a circular motion
orbit/ position
a repeating path they one object in space takes around another
shadow
a dark shape made when an object blocks light when you stand outside your body blocks sunlight and that makes shadow
cycle
a circle of events that repeats in a regular pattern
sphere/ spherical
Perfectly round and symmetrical like a ball
tilt
the angle of the Earth’s axis this causes seasons
New moon
An imaginary line an object turns around
crescent moon
the second phase of moon. in this phase we can see sunlight reflecting off only about one quarter of the moon’s surface that faces us