Space Systems

Planets, dwarf planets, meteors, comets and other space object orbiting the sun.

• Star

• Universe

• Solar System

• Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A huge glowing ball of gas.

• Star

• Planet

• Moon

• Solar System

A group millions to billions of stars, clouds of gas, and dust particles that move through the universe.

• Orbit

• Solar System

• Revolution

• Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Includes everything, including billions of galaxies.

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Solar System

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A pulling force that works across space

• Gravity

• Planet

• Orbit

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A large natural object that orbits a planet

• Moon

• Meteor

• Star

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An elliptical path an object follows around another object.

• Rotation

• Asteroid Belt

• Orbit

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The movement of one space body around another, Earth’s goes around the sun and takes about 365 days

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Solar System

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An imaginary line through the center of an object

• Axis

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Ellipse

The spinning of a space body on it's axis. One full one for the Earth takes 24 hours.

• Axis

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1