The Eight Planets: Investigation 1

The slightly oval shape of the path of the planets around the Sun.

• ellipse

• orbit

• planet

• rotate

to move around another object. The planets _______________ around the Sun and the Moon ______________ around the Earth.

• Sun

• orbit

• revolve

• rotate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The bright star that the planets move around. The _______ is at the center of our Solar System

• Sun

• orbit

• Earth

• Ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The planet where humans live; the third planet from the Sun. One of the inner planets.

• Sun

• Earth

• Solar System

• Ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A large, ball-shaped object (sphere) made of gases or rocky material. The eight major _________ in our Solar System are Solar System are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

• Sun

• Sun

• Solar System

• Planet

To spin on an axis, which the planets do.

• Sun

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The system which includes the Sun, the major planets, and other objects such as moons, asteroids, and comets.

• Solar System

• Planet

• Revolve

• Planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The path of one object around another; for example, the path of the planets around the Sun or the path of the Moon around the earth.

• Solar System

• orbit

• revolve

• Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4