Earth, Sun, Moon

The layer of gas surrounding planet Earth that is held in place by gravity

• Atmosphere

• Earth

• Air

• Layers

Bowl-shaped indents or cavities on the surface of a planet, moon, or asteroid that are caused by a collision with another object, such as a meteorite

• Craters

• Pot Holes

• Volcano

• Sink Hole

The third planet from the Sun and the only planet in the solar system where life exists

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A natural satellite that orbits a planet; some planets have no moons, and others have over 60 moons

• Rings

• Saturn

• Moon

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The star at the center of the solar system that supplies heat and light to Earth; its enormous gravity keeps the solar system in orbit

• Sun

• Canis Majoris

• Moon

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The outermost covering or layer

• Surface

• Ground

• Earth

• Dirt

The heaviness of an object; force of gravity on

mass = weight

• Weight

• Mass

• Gravity

• Pounds

Making a complete turn around another object

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Axis

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Making a complete spin on an axis

• Axis

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4