Vocabulary Terms in Astronomy

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: a large, round body that revolves around a star.

• Planet

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Satellite

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet.

• Satellite

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: rock and iron objects that orbit the sun.

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Planets

• Stars

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: a chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice and dust with long orbits around the sun.

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Planet

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: nearly round bodies whose orbits cross the orbits of other bodies.

• Dwarf planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Moons

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: a group of billions of stars, the objects that orbit the stars, gas and dust.

• Galaxy

• Planet

• Asteroid

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: a star and the planets that and other space objects that revolve around it.

• Solar system

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Constellation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: the study of objects in space and their characteristics.

• Astronomy

• Biology

• Geology

• Chemistry

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: huge balls of hot, glowing gases that produce their own heat and light.

• Stars

• Planets

• Moons

• Comets

Use the word bank above to fill in the correct vocabulary term: a natural satellite of a planet, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.

• Moon

• Star

• Comet

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1