Celestial Objects - Vocab

Asteroid Belt

• A large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system

• The region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit the Sun

• A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole

• A star and the group of planets and other celestial bodies that are held by its gravitational attraction and revolve around it

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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Planet

• A large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system

• Remains of a meteoroid that strike the surface of a planet or moon

• A celestial body that revolves around a planet

• A natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside Earth’s atmosphere

Gravity

• A celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit

• Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets

• The planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, whose orbits lie beyond the asteroid belt

• The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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Orbit

• A large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system

• A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

• Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets

• A natural or artificial body in orbit around a planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Celestial Objects

• The region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit the Sun

• On or of Earth

• The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another

• Objects, such as planets, moons, and stars, that are located in space

Asteroids

• Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets

• A celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit

• celestial body that revolves around a planet

• The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another

Coma

• A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

• A large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system

• Glowing, heated dust and vaporized gas that surrounds the icy comet nucleus as it travels near the Sun; solar winds cause heated gases to stream out of the nucleus and form a tail that points away from the Sun

• A small object that enters Earth’s atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light

Satellite

• A natural or artificial body in orbit around a planet

• The luminous star around which Earth and other planets revolve; composed mainly of hydrogen and helium

• A celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy is generated by nuclear reactions in its interior

• On or of Earth

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A natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside Earth’s atmosphere

• The Sun

• Meteoroid

• Inner Planets

• Outer Planets

Moon

• The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another

• Glowing, heated dust and vaporized gas that surrounds the icy comet nucleus as it travels near the Sun; solar winds cause heated gases to stream out of the nucleus and form a tail that points away from the Sun

• A celestial body that revolves around a planet

• The region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2