Sun, Earth, & Moon

Match the following

• imaginary line about which an object rotates

• Axis

• the air that surrounds the Earth

• Atmosphere

• one orbit of an object, such as a planet or satellite, in space around another object in space

• Composition

• the combination of substances that make up a whole object

• Revolution

• the path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the spinning of a planet, Moon, or other object on its axis

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• a large object that orbits a star

• Sun

• a natural object that orbits a planet

• Moon

• the path that one object in space takes around another object in space

• Planet

• the Sun and all of the objects that move around it

• Orbit

• provides Earth with most of its light and heat energy

• Solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The Earth is flat and motionless.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Earth revolves around the moon.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The Earth revolves around the Sun.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The Moon revolves around the Earth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Moon is the center of our Solar System.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Earth is the center of our Solar System.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Sun is the center of our Solar System.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1