Chapter 9 and 10 Vocabulary Practice

the force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses

• Gravity

• Force

• Friction

• Model

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

representation or description of an object, system, or phenomenon that shares important characteristics with the actual object, system, or phenomenon and may be used for further study of its properties

• Greenhouse Effect

• Sun

• Model

• Period of Revolution

a medium-size star that is about halfway through its lifespan. It provides a pulling force, called gravity, keeping space objects in an orbit around itself.

• Saturn

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Black Hole

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

occurs when a planet's atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the surface temperature to increase

• Radiation Effect

• Solar Effect

• Sunlight

• Greenhouse Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

pieces of rock, or a combination of rock and metal, which usually follow a regular orbit around the Sun

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Meteorite

• Meteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a small, rocky particle that moves through space

• Asteroid

• Space Rock

• Shooting star

• Meteoroid

a streak of light in Earth’s atmosphere made by a glowing meteoroid

• Meteor

• Planets

• Comet

• Meteorite

a meteoroid that strikes a planet or a moon

• Moon

• Planet

• Meteorite

• Satellite

called “dirty snowballs” mixture of water, gas ices, and rock.  They travel in huge oval orbits around the Sun.

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Metors

• Shooting Stars

bodies that are in orbit around the Sun.  They may be solid or gaseous.

• Moons

• Satellites

• Planets

• Asteroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3