Earth, Moon, & Stars Vocabulary

Made of clay, rocks, nickel, and iron

• Planet

• Asteroid

• Moon

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Made of ice and dust

• Planet

• Asteroid

• Moon

• Comet

Naturally-formed bodies that orbit planets

• Planet

• Asteroid

• Moon

• Comet

A big rock that orbits the sun

• Planet

• Asteroid

• Moon

• Comet

Change with time of the position or orientation of a body

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Travels in elliptical pattern

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The spinning around (24h)

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Motion

The motion of an object around a point

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A group of stars seen as forming a figure or design in the sky

• Cosmos

• Universe

• Constellation

• Galaxy

The entire physical universe considered as a unified whole

• Cosmos

• Universe

• Constellation

• Galaxy