Ch. 5: Earth, Moon, & Sun - Vocabulary

Any object that orbits around another object in space

• Satellite

• Comet

• Force

• Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.

• Satellite

• Meteor

• Planet

• Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth’s atmosphere

• Star

• Planet

• Meteor

• Law of universal gravitation

A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit

• Meteor

• Comet

• Star

• Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion

• Star

• Planet

• Satellite

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A pattern or grouping of stars that people imagine to represent a figure or object

• Star

• Constellation

• Satellite

• Tide

A push or pull exerted on an object

• Weight

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The attractive force between objects; the force that moves objects downhill

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Force

• Law of universal gravitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object

• Law of univeral gravitation

• Gravity

• Weight

• Spring tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A measure of how much matter is in an object

• Weight

• Gravity

• Mass

• Newton's 1st law of motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1