The Solar System and Beyond- L1

a pulling force between two objects, such as you and Earth

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Rotation

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the act of spinning around an axis

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Rotation

• Revolution

one complete trip around an object in a circular or nearly circular path

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Inertia

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

the path an object takes as it travels around another object

• Inertia

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

the tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line or of any object to resist a change in motion

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Inertia

The farther a planet is from the Sun, the longer it takes to orbit.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The change in the spin of Earth causes seasons.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earth is closer to the Sun in January than in July.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth makes one rotation about every 12 hours.

• True

• False

When we say the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west, we are describing the apparent path of the Sun.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1