Space, Earth, & Moons Vocab

Everything that exists including the galaxies and everything in them

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar system

• Planet

• Elliptical

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A group of billions of stars, objects that orbit the stars, gas, and dust

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Solar system

• Constellation

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A star (the sun) and all the other planets that revolve around it

• Solar system

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Constellation

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A group of stars

• Constellation

• Solar system

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Comet

A large, round body that revolves around a star

• Planet

• Constellation

• Moon

• Comet

• Elliptical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A small natural object that revolves around another object

• Moon

• Planet

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A chunk of frozen gasses, rock, ice, and dust orbiting the sun

• Comet

• Moon

• Asteroid

• Star

• Meteor

A chunk of rock or iron less than 1,000km (621 mi.) in diameter that orbits the sun

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Star

• Meteor

• Constellation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A huge ball of hot glowing gasses in space that produces its own light and heat

• Star

• Constellation

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A streak of light caused by a meteoroid

• Meteor

• Star

• Asteroid

• Constellation

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1