Solar System Vocabulary

Each object moves in a path around the sun

• orbit

• revolve

• path

• telescope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The path followed by objects as they revolve.

• revolve

• orbit

• lane

• magnetic field

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Small and Rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Gas Giants

• Outer Planets

• Terrestrial Planets

Large planets with a surface made of gas: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Terrestrial Planets

• Inner Planets

• Gas Giants

it helps scientists study in objects in outer space. It makes faraway objects seem closer.

• Astrolabe

• Hubble

• Television

• Telescope

A compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant.

• Astrolabe

• Telescope

• Sextant

• Televison

An instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible objects.

• Sextant

• Telescope

• Astrolabe

The central star in our solar system.

• moon

• Polaris

• constellation

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A natural satellite that orbits the Earth

• sun

• moon

• stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An imaginary straight line that the Earth rotates around

• tilt

• movement

• equator

• Earth's Axis