Unit 8 Vocabulary

A small rocky object that orbits the sun. A belt that separates the outer and inner planets.

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Known as a dirty snowball. Made of frozen water and dust that has a tail of gas.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Sun

Force of attraction between two objects due to their masses.

• Comet

• Surface Tension

• Gravity

• Magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A streak of light when it enters the Earth's atmosphere. Known as a shooting star.

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Asteroid Belt

The path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space.

• Asteroid

• Gravity

• Surface

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

One complete orbit made by a planet or satellite around another object.

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Gravity

• Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The spinning of an object on its axis.

• Revolve

• Rotate

• Go around

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The force of gravity at the surface of the Earth or other celestial body.

• Surface Gravity

• Gravity

• Rotate

• Revolve

The Sun is our star.

• True

• False

The object that orbits the Earth.

• Sun

• Moon

• Earth

• Asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1