Solar System: Mid Unit Review

a large, round object in space (such as the Earth) that travels around a star (such as the sun)

• Moon

• Earth

• Planet

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

the large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by reflecting light from the sun

• Sun

• Asteroid

• Planet

• Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the curved path that something (such as a moon or satellite) follows as it goes around something else (such as a planet)

• longitude

• Revole

• Orbit

• Rotate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

to move around (something) in a path that is similar to a circle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

to turn in a circle

The __________ is at the center of our solar system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

To spin or turn

• Galaxy

• Rotate

• Axis

• Orbit

An imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole

• Axis

• Equator

• Planets

• Atmosphere

The blanket of gases that surrounds Earth

• Atmosphere

• Oxygen

• Gravity

• Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4 divisions of the year (winter, summer, spring, fall) marked by weather patterns and daylight hours

• seasons

• weather

• Earth's Tilt

• Earth's Axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1