5th Grade SSA Space Science Vocabulary

A piece of space rock too small to be a planet that revolves around the sun.

• asteroid

• revolution

• waning

• full moon

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

One complete turn around an object.

• asteroid

• revolution

• waning

• full moon

• galaxy

Getting smaller.

• asteroid

• revolution

• waning

• full moon

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moon phase that occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the moon,

at which point the Moon’s lighted half is facing the earth

• asteroid

• revolution

• waning

• full moon

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A large group of stars, dust and gases held together by gravity.

• asteroid

• revolution

• waning

• full moon

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A sphere of hot gases that gives off its own heat and light.

• star

• satellite

• comet

• meteoroid

• solar system

A natural or man-made object that revolves around another object in space.

• star

• satellite

• comet

• meteoroid

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A collection of ice, dust, and rock in space, normally having a tail.

• star

• satellite

• comet

• meteoroid

• solar system

A piece of rock or dust in space that comes from an asteroid or comet.

• star

• satellite

• comet

• meteoroid

• solar system

The sun and all the bodies that revolve around it.

• star

• satellite

• comet

• meteoroid

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2