Earth/Space Science Vocab

What is a large circular mass that revolves around a star?

• Planet

• Neap Tide

• Solar System

• Spring Tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is a system of objects that revolve around a star?

• Planet

• Gravity

• Solar System

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is a conceptual framework that explains how planetary systems form?

• Nebular Theory

• Gravity

• Solar System

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is a force that exists between any two objects that have mass?

• Nebular Theory

• Gravity

• Solar System

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is a type of tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are in a straight line? It is also when the alignment and gravity from the moon and the sun pull the water in the same direction?

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• Seasons

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is produced when the sun, moon, and Earth align at a 90° angle? It is also when the water on Earth is under the least amount of gravitational pull, because the sun's and moon's forces are opposing each other, producing the smallest rise and fall of tidal levels.

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• Seasons

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a period of the year determined by the position of Earth as it revolves around the sun?

• Season

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the orbiting of an object around another object?

• Season

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is the circular path of an object as it revolves around another object?

• Season

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the spinning of a celestial body, such as a planet, around an axis?

• Season

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6