B1S2 Vocabulary

Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets

• Moon

• Planet

• Sun

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The attraction between two objects due to the invisible force of gravity; the gravitational pull from the Moon is primarily responsible for the tides that form on Earth

• Gravitational Pull

• Planet

• Orbit

• Solar System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another

• Orbit

• Gravity

• Planets

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A celestial body that revolves around a planet

• Gravity

• Solar System

• Moon

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

• Planet

• Solar System

• Gravitational Pull

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system

• Planet

• Moon

• Sun

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A star and the group of planets and other celestial bodies that are held by its gravitational attraction and revolve around it

• Planet

• Sun

• Solar System

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The luminous star around which Earth and other planets revolve; composed mainly of hydrogen and helium

• Asteroid

• Moon

• Gravity

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1