Astronomy Vocabulary

A small, rocky object that orbits the sun

• comet

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

All the matter and energy that exists

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

• comet

curved path of one object around another object in space.

• Orbit

• Gravity

• Sun

• Circle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

imaginary line through the center of a planet or other body around which that body spins

• Tilt

• 23.5

• Pole

• Axis

states that the UNIVERSE originated as a single mass when an explosion happened billions of years ago.

• Big Bang Theory

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Theory of Relativity

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

have landed on the surface.

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Asteroid

• Comet

large chunks of rock or metal that orbit the Sun.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

states that the Sun and planets revolve around the Earth.

• Heliocentric Model

• Big Bang Theory

• Gravity Model

• Geocentric Model

states that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun

• Heliocentric Model

• Big Bang Theory

• Gravity Model

• Geocentric Model

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

enter Earth’s atmosphere and move through it. Looks like a shooting star.

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Comet