6.E.1.2 Why Earth Sustains Life Vocabulary Words

the Sun and the planets and other objects that orbit the Sun

• Solar System

• Meteorite

• Star

• Comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

is the layer of gases, commonly known as air, that surrounds the Earth and is retained by Earth's gravity.

• moon

• sun

• atmosphere

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the only planet in the solar system on which life is known to exist

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

is any celestial body in space that orbits around a larger body.

• Meteorite

• Natural satellite

• Solar system

• Comet

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A huge ball of gases that makes its own heat and light

• Star

• Comet

• Moon

• Planet

a natural object that revolves around a planet

• Satellite

• Sun

• Meteorite

• Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

is an object that people have made and launched into orbit using rockets. 

• Natural satellite

• Artificial satellite

• Comet

• Meteorite

a rocky object that orbits the Sun, found mostly in the region between Mars and Jupiter

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteorite

• Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Our Solar System's star that is made of hydrogen and helium gases, and supplies the heat and light that sustains life on Earth

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Sun

• Meteorite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a small object in space that orbits a star and is made of ice, dust particles, and frozen gases

• Meteorite

• Planet

• Moon

• Comet