Earth’s Place in the Universe - Vocabulary

Small,rocky bodies that orbit, or travel around the sun.

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Asteroid

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Small chunks of dust and ice that orbit, or travel around the sun

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Comet

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A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solarsystems. It is held together by gravity.

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Galaxy

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An invisible force that pulls objects toward each other

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Gravitational Pull

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An invisible force that pulls objects toward each other

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Gravity

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Earth's only permanent natural satellite; that orbits, or travels around Earth in about 28 days.

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Moon

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The curved path, elliptical path, in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.

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Orbit

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A large celestial body that revolves around the sun in fixed orbits.

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Planet

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Words that describe where objects are in an environment. For example: top, behind, or next to

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Relative position

Consists of the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around the Sun

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Solar System

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