SolarSystem

move in a circular course or orbit

• revolve
• orbital period
• gravity
• ecliptic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

natural satellite of a planet; an object that revolves around a planet

• moon
• rotate
• elliptical revolution
• Oort cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice

• Kuiper Belt
• astronomical unit
• length of day
• gravity

region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that contains many asteroids

• asteroid belt
• Earth's axis
• orbital period
• elliptical revolution

body that resembles a small planet but lacks certain criteria needed for it to be classed as a planet

• dwarf planet
• revolve
• rotate
• length of day

small body made of ice, dust and gas that orbits the sun typically in the outer solar system

• comet
• moon
• astronomical unit
• orbital period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

small space rock moving through a solar system

• meteoroid
• Kuiper Belt
• Earth's axis
• rotate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

small body made of rock and metal that orbits the sun typically in the inner solar system

• asteroid
• asteroid belt
• revolve
• astronomical unit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

large body that orbits around the sun

• planet
• dwarf planet
• moon
• Earth's axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

path an object takes as it travels around a star or a planet

• orbit
• comet
• Kuiper Belt
• revolve

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1