Earth and Space Vocab

What shape looks like a circle that has been stretched out at the ends?

• Square

• Triangle

• Elliptical Orbit

• Rectangle

What is the term for circling a planet or sun?

• Orbiting

• Floating

• Spinning

• Rotating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What are the gases that surround the Earth called?

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a real or imaginary line about which something turns?

• Axis

• Orbit

• Equator

• Meridian

What is the movement of the Earth on its axis that causes day and night?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the movement of the Earth around the sun which causes the seasons and takes one year?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Spinning

• Circulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a celestial body that orbits the sun, has a spherical shape, but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit?

• Dwarf planet

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

What are metallic, rocky bodies that orbit the sun but are too small to be classified as a planet?

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Dwarf planets

• Meteors

What is a mixture of ices (both water and frozen gases) that are not part of a planet?

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Dwarf planet

• Meteor

The order of the planets is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• True
• False