Unit 4 Part 2 vocabulary

Front

axis

Back

an imaginary line that an object spins around

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

magnetic field

Back

an area of magnetic force around an object

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Front

revolution

Back

the orbiting of an object around another object

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Front

rotation

Back

the spinning of a celestial body around an axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

gravity

Back

a force that exists between any two objects that have mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Front

orbit

Back

the path of an object as it revolves around another object

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Front

crater

Back

a large, circular pit on an object's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

Lunar

Back

relating to the Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Front

maria

Back

dark-colored flat area of the Moon's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Front

terrae

Back

light-colored highlands on the moon's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1