6.11 Space Unit Vocab

sun, planets, and all the other objects that orbit around the sun

• sun

• gravitational attraction

• solar system

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

an average star at the center of our solar system

• sun

• gravitational attraction

• solar system

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the force of attraction between all masses in the universe

• sun

• gravitational attraction

• asteroid

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

large formation of ice and dust in space that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• sun

• elliptical orbit

• asteroid

• comet

large rocks in outer space

• meteor

• elliptical orbit

• asteroid

• comet

bits of rock that gets pulled into Earth's gravity and fall through our atmosphere

• meteor

• elliptical orbit

• revolution

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space

• rotation

• elliptical orbit

• space exploration

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

the movement of one object around another

• rotation

• elliptical orbit

• revolution

• space capsule

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

An oval-shaped path used to describe the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun

• rotation

• elliptical orbit

• module

• space capsule

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

the spinning motion of a planet on its axis

• rotation

• payload

• module

• space capsule