Space Vocabulary Review (for Minor Summative)

An irregular shaped, cratered, rocky body orbiting the sun.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Solar System

The elliptical path an object takes, as it goes around another object (ex. Earth going around the Sun).

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This force keeps the Earth from being pulled into the sun.

• Gravity

• Forward Motion

• Satellite

• Axis

A force that pulls objects toward each other.

• Axis

• Gravity

• Orbit

• Gas Giants

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A group of planets, moons (and other objects) held, by gravity, to a central star.

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Solar System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A large, dirty ice ball that orbits the sun; It melts and forms a tail when it’s close to the sun.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Galaxy

An object that orbits the Earth, moon, or other planet.

• Axis

• Forward Motion

• Galaxy

• Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Smaller, rocky planets that are composed mainly of silicate rocks and/or metals.

• Galaxy

• Gas Giants

• Terrestrial Planets

• Solar System

Large planets that are composed mostly of different gasses.

• Galaxy

• Gas Giants

• Terrestrial Planets

• Solar System

An area between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids orbit the sun.

• Asteroid

• Asteroid Belt

• Galaxy

• Solar System