Stars and Planets Vocabulary

A huge, burning sphere of gases; for example, the sun 

• star

• planet

• galaxy

• celestial

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A large object that moves around a star

• star

• planets

• galaxy

• universe

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

a group of stars

• planets

• planets

• galaxy

• outer space

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

made up of all the celestial bodies in space

• planets

• stars

• Universe

• galaxy

he pattern formed by a group of stars in the sky

• constellation

• planets

• celestial

• orbit

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

pertaining to the sky or outer space

• celestial

• space

• planet

• orbit

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

the Sun, planets, moons, and stars that orbit  the Sun

• planets

• Solar System

• galaxy

• stars

A device people use to observe distant objects  with their eyes 

• computer

• telescope

• stars

• tool

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A