Astronomy

Frozen leftover debris from the formation of the solar system that orbits beyond the edge of our solar system in the deep freeze of space

• iceberg

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

A meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground.

• asteroid

• meteor

• meteorite

• planetoid

The star at the center of our solar system that provides heat and light to Earth;its enormous gravity keeps the solar system in orbit

• star

• sun

• Polaris

• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the sun in the solar system

• asteroid

• planet

• meteor

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The sun and all the objects that move around it

• galaxy

• universe

• sol

• solar system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A group of stars in the sky which has a certain shape and a name

• constellation

• star group

• comet

• nebula

Enormous balls of hot, dense gas that give off their own light; they are very far away, so they appear to us as tiny lights

• asteroid

• meteorite

• comet

• star

The path an object takes as it revolves around another object

• resolve

• rotation

• orbit

• satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The study of celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole

• astronomy

• astrology

• astros

• astronaut

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A natural satellite that orbits a planet.

• revolution

• comets

• moon

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1