Outer Space Vocabulary

an irregular shaped rock that can contain metal and orbits the Sun

• asteroid

• comet

• planet

• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

the area between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids are found

• asteroid belt

• asteroid

• star

• solar system

object made of rock and ice that orbits around the Sun, then starts to heat up and appear to have a tail

• comet

• asteroid

• moon

• outer planet

rocky body that revolves around a planet

• moon

• outer planet

• inner planet

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

large spherical mass that revolves around a star

• planet

• moon

• asteroid

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

a system of objects that revolve around a star

• solar system

• Milky Way

• galaxy

• rotate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

massive ball of gas in outer space that gives off heat and light

• star

• Milky Way

• inner planet

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

the galaxy our solar system is located in

• Milky Way

• solar system

• planet

• outer planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

a group of solar systems, dust and gas held together by gravity

• galaxy

• solar system

• outer planet

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

no rings, few moons, small

• inner planet

• outer planet

• comet

• asteroid