Solar System and Planets

The system consisting of the sun, and the planets, and other objects that revolve around it.

• solar system

• universe

• galaxy

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large gaseous body at the center of the solar system.

• planet

• Sun

• dwarf planet

• nebula

An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity and has cleared the area of its orbit.

• asteroid

• moon

• planet

• dwarf planet

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A natural satellite that orbits a planet.

• moon

• asteroid

• planet

• dwarf planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An object that orbits the sun and has enough gravity to be spherical but has not cleared out the area of its orbit.

• moon

• asteroid

• planet

• dwarf planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the Sun, about 150 million kilometers.

• astronomical unit

• solar system unit

• light year

• kilometer

Term describing a model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars.

• Geocentric Model

• Earthcentric Model

• Planetesimal Model

• Heliocentric Model

Term describing a model of the solar system in which Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.

• Star Model

• Geocentric Model

• Solstice Model

• Heliocentric Model

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The attractive force between objects with mass.

• Friction

• Magnetic

• Gravity

• Newtons

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The outer surface of the sun that gives off visible light and is where sunspots, prominences and solar flares are found.

• Chromosphere

• Photosphere

• Corona

• Core