Space Vocabulary

What's this word: a body that goes around the Sun

• solar system

• The Milky Way

• satellite

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The imaginary line around which Earth rotates.

• Axis

• Rotation

• Constellation

• Hemisphere

An invisible force that pulls things toward the center of the Earth.

• Gravity

• Hemisphere

• Constellation

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The path of one object in space around another object.

• Orbit

• Axis

• Rotation

• Constellation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The movement of a planet one full time around the sun.

• Revolution

• The Sun

• Hemisphere

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The spinning around an axis that runs through a planet.

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Gravity

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The star around which the earth orbits.

• The Sun

• Earth

• Hemisphere

• Constellation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The layer of gases that surround a heavenly object.

• Atmosphere

• Planet

• Axis

• Mass

A natural object in space that has enough mass to form a round shape

• Planet

• Dwarf Planet

• Moon

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A natural object that DOES NOT meet all the requirements to be a planet

• Planet

• Dwarf Planet

• Moon

• Sun