Week 22 Vocabulary

A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• meteor

• planet

• comet

a natural object that revolves around a planet

• moon

• planet

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a relatively small, rocky body that travels through space

• moon

• meteoroid

• comet

A ball of gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that is massive and produces light

• moon

• meteoroid

• star

a small rocky body orbiting the sun, usually irregular in shape

• moon

• asteroid

• star

The inner planets are mostly made of...

• gas

• rock

• gingerbread

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The outer planets are mostly made of...

• gas

• rock

• gingerbread

region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune

• gas

• rock

• Kuiper Belt

region that surrounds the Solar System

• Oort Cloud

• rock

• Kuiper Belt

region between Mars and Jupiter

• Oort Cloud

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3