Unit 5 Earth, Sun, and Moon System

Solar System

• consists of the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around, the Sun

• has craters, rocks, and dusk on surface, orbits the earth, 1/4 size of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Planets

• separates the inner and outer planets

• Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Inner Planets

• four planets closest to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

• four planets outside of the asteroid belt: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Outer Planets

• four planets outside of the asteroid belt: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• four planets outside of the asteroid belt: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Asteroid Belt

• separates the inner and outer planets

• An imaginary line that Earth rotates around

Rotation

• Making a complete spin on an axis

• Making a complete turn around another object

Revolution

• Making a complete spin on an axis

• Making a complete turn around the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

axis

• An imaginary line that Earth rotates around

• leans on one side

tilt

• leans on one side

• Making a complete spin on an axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth

• rocky planet, rotates on its axis, revolves around the sun, water covers 75% of its surface, has craters, rocks, and dust on its surface

• medium star, mostly hydrogen gas, source of light and heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4