Solar System Vocab

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Shape of the moon as it orbits Earth

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moon phase

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Object of rock, ice, dust, gas orbiting the Sun

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Comet

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Natural object orbiting a planet

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Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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A large body in space orbiting a star, not producing its own light.

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Planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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A nearly round body, smaller than a planet, whose orbit crosses another's.

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Dwarf planet

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Turning an object on its axis

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rotation

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Object in the solar system, orbits the Sun, smaller than a planet.

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asteroid

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Study of objects in space and their properties

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Astronomy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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Motion of one object around another

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revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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A system of planets and bodies orbiting a star

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solar system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3