Space Vocabulary

The area outside of Earth's atmosphere

• stratosphere

• space

• atmosphere

• gravity

The spinning of an object on its axis (causes day and night)

• rotate/ rotation

• revolve/ revolution

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.4

The path an object takes when it moves around another object.

• gravity

• gravitational pull

• orbit

• solar system

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

A natural satellite that orbits a planet

• Mars

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

A force that pulls objects toward each other.

• gravity

• night

• day

• tides

A star and the largest object in the center of our solar system

• Earth

• Venus

• Titan-5

• Sun

A group of objects that revolve around a star/the sun

• Planets

• The solar system

• International Space Station

• red dwarfs

The orbit of one object around another object

• gravitational pull

• rotate/ rotation

• revolve / revolution

• path

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

The third planet from the sun

• Earth

• Venus

• Mars

• Pluto

Why do planets revolve around the sun?

• because it sends out plasma

• because of its massive size

• because there are only a few planets

• because of the size of the planets