Earth & Space Vocabulary
Use technical vocabulary for Earth's motion and the wider universe — rotation, revolution, axis, tilt, orbit, light year, gravitational force, atmosphere, lunar phases, waxing, waning, solstice, equinox, eclipse — and apply these when explaining day and night, the seasons, and the Moon's phases
Typical age: 8–11 years
“Can your child explain the difference between the Earth rotating and the Earth orbiting the Sun — using the actual science words 'rotation' and 'revolution'?”
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- Phases of the MoonREQUIRED
Explaining moon phases requires 'lunar phases', 'waxing', 'waning', and 'eclipse' vocabulary
- Why We Have SeasonsREQUIRED
Explaining seasons through axial tilt requires 'axis', 'tilt', 'orbit', 'solstice', and 'equinox' vocabulary
- Earth's rotation and day/nightREQUIRED
Explaining day and night using Earth's rotation requires 'rotation' and 'axis' vocabulary
- Galaxies and the universe
Describing the scale of the universe using light years and galaxies draws on this vocabulary