Earth and Space Vocabulary Part 1

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

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Aixs

• Shadow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Bowl-shaped indents or cavities on the surface of a planet that are caused by a collision with another object.

• Orbit

• Craters

• Gravity

• Constellation

A natural satellite that orbits a planet.

• Sun

• Earth

• Moon

• Sundial

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The star at the center of our Solar System and supplies heat and light to Earth, its gravity keeps the system in orbit.

• Moon

• Star

• Day

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A planet in our Solar System that has life on it.

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Saturn

A force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.

• Constellation

• Gravity

• Moon

• Compass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A ball of hot burning gas, primarily hydrogen and helium.

• Constellation

• Apparent brightness

• Star

• Sundial

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The time it takes the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis ( 24-hour period).

• Axis

• Compass

• Day

• Rotation

A line, real or imaginary, around which something spins.

• Axis

• Compass

• Shadow

• Matter

An instrument that shows direction and uses a small magnet to show North. (North, South, East, West)

• Compass

• Sundial

• Constellation

• Axis