Celestial objects 6.11A

A celestial body that revolves around a planet

• Meteors

• Asteroid belt

• Moon

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Asteroid belt

• The region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit around the Sun

• A celestial body that revolves around a planet

• Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of earth or the moon

• A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Planet

• Having to do with being in the sky or in space

• Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system

• A celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated elliptical orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Large and small rock or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of material similar to that which formed the planets

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Outer planet

• Celestial

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Contains gas

• Meteorites

• Gravity

• Gaseous

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A group of interacting or interdependent parts forming a complex whole, as in all the factors in an environment or all the planetary bodies revolving around a star.

• inner planet

• moon

• comet

• system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Satellite

• Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of earth or the moon

• Something that orbits around another object including a moon orbiting a planet or a man-made object orbiting Earth

• Small meteoroid that burns upon entry of Earth's atmosphere

A star that is dense and made up of hot gases

• comets

• moons

• asteroids

• The Sun

Icy masses that have elliptical orbit

• Comets

• Moons

• Asteroids

• The Sun

The ____ orbit closer to the Sun. They are smaller and have a rocky surface.

• outer planets

• inner planets

• alien planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3