Sun, Moon, and Earth Vocabulary

Object in space that makes its own heat and light.

• star

• corona

• orbit

• gravity

Energy from the sun.

• star

• corona

• orbit

• solar energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Moving air.

• star

• wind

• orbit

• solar energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large explosion in the sun's atmosphere.

• star

• wind

• solar flare

• solar energy

Makes up most of the sun's atmosphere.

• star

• wind

• solar flare

• corona

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Area of the sun that appears darker than other areas.

• star

• sunspot

• solar flare

• corona

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Made of the sun and all objects that are bound to the sun by gravity.

• star

• sunspot

• solar system

• corona

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The path an object takes around the sun.

• star

• orbit

• solar system

• corona

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The rise and fall of the water level near the shore, caused by the pull of gravity of the moon.

• star

• orbit

• tide

• corona

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moon changing shapes.

• lunar cycle

• solar system

• tide

• solar energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1