Formation & Motion of Galaxies & Our Solar System

A form of matter that does not have a definite shape or volume

• gas

• liquid

• solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The force of gravity between two objects like the Earth and the Sun and the Earth and the Moon

• black hole

• potential energy

• gravitational pull

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses

• orbit

• gravity

• black hole

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit

• planet

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape

• black hole

• gravitational pull

• galaxy

• Milky Way

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

The third planet from the sun

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Moon

A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

• comet

• meteor

• Aurora

• constellation

Revolving around another celestial object in an oval shaped path creates .....

• terrestrial planets

• elliptical orbit

• planets

• comets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

• orbit

• rotation

• gravity

• corona

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The name given to the four inner planets (pick two answers)

• Gas giants planets

• Terrestrial planet

• Rocky Planets

• Jovian Planets