Space Science Vocabulary 1

the movement of an object around a center of other object

• revolution

• rotation

• ravioli

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

a layer of gases surrounding a planet or other material body

• constellation

• obital patterns

• atmosphere

• comet

the circular movement of an object about a point in space

• orbit

• rotation

• axis

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the angle between an object's rotational axis and its orbital axis

• dwarf planet

• planet

• asteroid

• tilted axis

oval

• orbital pattern

• revolution

• elliptical

• sphere

The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

• orbit

• atmosphere

• seasonal weather patern

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

a small rocky body orbiting the sun

• comet

• asteroid

• star

• sphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own

• comet

• asteroid

• moon

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2