Ch. 11 Earth, Moon, and Sun Vocabulary Lessons 1-3

an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.

• meteor

• satellite

• moon

• weight

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.

• star

• orbit

• planet

• constellation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.

• revolution

• force

• planet

• meteor

a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.

• weight

• constellation

• comet

• orbit

a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.

• star

• soltice

• satellite

• mass

a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.

• constellation

• planet

• rotation

• equinox

the imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South poles

• solstice

• Newton's First Law of Motion

• rotation

• axis

the spinning of the Earth on its axis.

• axis

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the movement of one object around another

• equinox

• calendar

• mass

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

• satellite

• force

• orbit

• rotation

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4