5th Grade Unit 4 Earth's Patterns and Movement Vocabulary

the force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass

• gravity
• gravitational pull
• meteor
• meteorite
• tides

The attraction between an object and Earth.

• gravitational pull
• gravity
• meteor
• meteorite
• tides

a chunk of rock from space that travels through Earth's atmosphere

• meteor
• gravity
• gravitational pull
• meteorite
• tides

A meteor that strikes Earth's surface.

• meteorite
• gravity
• gravitational pull
• meteor
• tides

the regular rise and fall of the water level along a shoreline

• tides
• gravity
• gravitational pull
• meteor
• meteorite

the apparent shapes of the Moon in the sky

• moon phases
• gravity
• gravitational pull
• meteor
• meteorite

the path an object takes as it travels around another object

• orbit
• axis

• gravitational pull
• meteor
• meteorite

one complete trip around an object in a circular or nearly circular path

• revolution
• gravity
• rotation

• meteor
• meteorite

a complete spin on an axis

• rotation
• gravity
• gravitational pull
• revolution

• meteorite

an imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole

• axis
• orbit

• gravitational pull
• meteor
• meteorite