SOLAR SYSTEM VOCABULARY

Our daytime star

• sun

• galaxy

• satellite

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When the moon moves between the Sun and the Earth.

• lunar eclipse
• solar eclipse
• planetary eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Rotate means:

• to move around another object
• to spin
• move up and down

Which is an example of rotating?

• running around a track
• fan
• running around baseball field

Which object in the sky is called "space rocks"?

• asteroids
• meteors
• comets

The pull between two objects and one of the forces that keeps the planets in orbit is __.

• gravity
• inertia
• tugging

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A rock that orbits the sun.

• asteroid

• meteorite

• crater

• gas giant

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

a piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the ground from outer space

• meteorite

• asteroid

• methane

• planet

A large, round object in space that travels around the sun

• planet

• asteroid

• axis

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a planet spins on its axis

• rotation

• axis

• sphere

• terrestrial

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6