2nd Science Unit 5 Vocabulary

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• solar

• having to do with the sun

• sun

• the sun, planets, and all other outer-space bodies that move around the sun

• sphere

• a Latin name meaning Sun

• sol

• a rounded body, like a ball

• solar system

• the star closes to Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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• hemisphere

• one complete trip around an object

• season

• a spin of an object around an imaginary line

• rotation

• a set time of year with a certain kind of weather

• revolution

• one half of a round object or sphere; half of the Earth

• orbit

• the path an object takes in space

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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• hibernate

• to become unfrozen because of warming temperatures

• crater

• a large dent in the surface of a space object caused by other space objects hitting it

• moon

• to take a long, deep sleep during the winter months

• pattern

• a repeated way in which something happens

• thaw

• Earth's satellite that reflects the light from the sun

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• dwarf planet

• a round object that orbits the sun but is not as large as a planet

• satellite

• rocky objects that orbit the sun

• phases

• the different shapes of the lit part of the moon that can be seen from Earth

• asteroids

• large, round bodies of mass that orbit the sun

• planets

• an object that circles another object in space

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• stars

• a tool that makes faraway objects seem larger and closer

• telescope

• huge balls of hot gasses that give off light and heat

• telescope

• a tool that makes faraway objects seem larger and closer