Lesson 3-6 science Vocab

The force that pulls objects toward each other, like how Earth pulls us down.

• Gravity

• Magnets

• Centripetal Force

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The path an objects takes as it moves around another abject in space, like the earth moving around the Sun.

• Gas Giant

• Gravity

• Orbit

• Aphelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The point in a planets orbit where it is farthest from the sun.

• The moon

• The earth

• Gravity

• Aphelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the point in a planets orbit where it is closest to the sun

• Aphelion

• Solar Nebula

• Perihelion

• Planetesimal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The force that keeps an object moving in a circle, like how gravity keeps the planets orbiting the sun

• Centripetal force

• Solar nebula

• orbit

• spinning

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A big cloud of dust in space from which the sun and the planets formed.

• Astronomical unit

• Solar nebula

• Orbit

• Aphelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A small building blocked a planet that formed early in the solar systems history.

• Planetesimal

• solar nebula

• Orbit

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A planet made mostly of rock, like Earth, Mars, Venus, and Mercury

• Gas Giant

• Terrestrial planet

• Perihelion

A way to measure distance in space; it's the distance from the earth to the sun

• Gravity

• Perihelion

• Planetesimal

• Astronomical Unit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large planet mostly of gas, like Jupiter and Saturn

• Gas Giant

• Terrestrial planet

• Solar nebula

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3