Solar System Vocab L1-4

Front

Atmosphere

Back

Invisible, protective air blanket around Earth and other bodies.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Solar System: The sun, asteroids, meteors, and planets orbiting the sun.

Back

The sun, other bodies like asteroids and meteors, and the planets that orbit the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Orbit: The curved path an object takes around another in space; planets orbit the sun.

Back

Curved path around another object in space.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Universe: All objects and matter in space, including Earth and beyond.

Back

All objects and matter in space, including Earth and beyond.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Planet

Back

A round object that orbits a star.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Hemisphere

Back

Half of the sphere of Earth.

Front

Celestial bodies

Back

Objects in outer space: planets, moons, stars, comets, meteors.

Front

Core

Back

the central inside part of a celestial body, other objects, or ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Debris

Back

Bits and pieces of leftover dust and rocks

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

Terrain

Back

the surface of the land and its features

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4