Gravity and the Solar System Vocabulary

Consists of the Sun and everything that orbits the Sun.

• Solar System

• Planet

• Asteroid Belt

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A celestial body that orbits a star.

• Solar System

• Planet

• Asteroid Belt

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The force that pulls all objects with mass toward one another.

• Gravity

• Mass

• Weight

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

• Solar System

• Planet

• Asteroid Belt

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The measure of gravity exerted on an object.

• Gravity

• Mass

• Weight

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The path followed by an object revolving around another object.

• Solar System

• Planet

• Asteroid Belt

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The amount of matter in an object.

• Gravity

• Mass

• Weight

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The star around which the Earth orbits.

• Gravity

• Mass

• Weight

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1