Unit 7-Solar System Vocabulary

planet

• an independent, self-contained unit of a spacecraft

• large celestial body orbiting around the sun

• something that results from the production or operation of another thing

• a small, rocky object that orbits the sun

moon

• natural rocky body that orbits around a planet; Earth's only natural satellite

• astronomical object largely made of ice that travels around the sun in an elliptical orbit

• a small, rocky object that orbits the sun

• large celestial body orbiting around the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

meteors

• a small, rocky object that orbits the Earth

• astronomical object largely made of ice that travels around the sun in an elliptical orbit

• large celestial body orbiting around the sun

• mass of rock or metal that has entered Earth's atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

asteroids

• astronomical object largely made of ice that travels around the sun in an elliptical orbit

• small, rocky object that orbits the sun

• mass or rock or metal that has entered Earth's atmosphere

• large celestial body orbiting around the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

comets

• large celestial body orbiting around the sun

• natural rocky body that orbits around a planet; Earth's only natural satellite

• astronomical object largely made of ice that travels around the sun in an elliptical orbit

• a push or pull

Galilean moons

• large celestial body orbiting around the sun

• Jupiter's four largest moons

• a small, rocky object that orbits the sun

• a very large amount; plentiful supply

gravity

• a push or pull

• a very large amount; plentiful supply

• something that results from the production or operation of another thing

• force of attraction between any two objects

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

force

• a small rocky object that orbits the sun

• force of attraction between any two objects

• a push or pull

• the carrying capacity of an aircraft or launch vehicle

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

solar system

• sun and the collection of celestial bodies

• large celestial body orbiting around the sun

• small, rocky object that orbits the sun

• an independent, self-contained unit of a spacecraft

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

space exploration

• ongoing investigation of the environment beyond Earth's atmosphere

• an independent, self-contained unit of a spacecraft

• a very large amount; plentiful supply

• a system that tries to replicate or simulate outer space as closely and realistically as possible

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4