Unit 8 Lesson vocab

a gaseous body, much larger than anything else in the solar system.

• comet

• sun

• planet

• moon

consists of the sun, the planets, their moons, and a variety of smaller objects

• comets

• moon

• sun

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

loose balls of ice and rock that usually have very long, narrow orbits

• sun

• moon

• comet

• solar system

natural satellite; celestial body in orbit

• comet

• asteroid

• sun

• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

round, orbits the sun, and has cleared out the region of the solar system along its orbit

• planet

• sun

• meteoroid

• sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

small, mostly rocky bodies

• sun

• moon

• asteroid

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

astronomical unit=how many km?

• 150,000,000 km

• 100 km

• 60,000 km

• 2,000 km

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

chunks of rock or dust smaller than asteroids

• meteoroid

• comet

• moon

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3