Chapter 4 Vocabulary

A very large planet made up mostly of gases.

• Star

• gas giant

• moon

• planet

Any of the four planets closest to the sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.

• outer planets

• inner planets

• outside planets

• upside planets

To make an object appear larger.

• zoom in

• zoom out

• magnify

• up close

A small rounded body that orbits a planet.

• moon

• planet

• sun

• star

To move in a path, usually around a planet star.

• rotation

• revolve

• spin

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Any of four planets farthest from the sun - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

• outer planets

• inner planets

• inside planet

• upside planets

A large body in space that orbits a star.

• moon

• planet

• rings

• stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A complete spin, or turn, of a planet or other body

• revolution

• moon

• rotation

• moon

The sun and the planets, moons, and other objects that orbit the sun.

• planets

• space junk

• Solar System

• outer planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A craft that explores outer space carrying instruments, but not people.

• space craft

• satellite

• rover

• space probe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4