Earth's Rotation

A sphere of hot gases that gives off light and heat

• planet

• meteor

• star

• fire

The sun and all the objects that orbit around it

• star

• planet

• solar system

• inertia

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The path that an object travels around a larger object

• inertia

• planet

• orbit

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A planet is ...

• The tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line

• Large, round bodies that revolve around a star

• The force of attraction, or pull, between any two objects

• A complete spin on an axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The force of attraction, or pull, between any two objects

• gravity

• orbit

• star

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line

• star

• revolution

• orbit

• inertia

Rotation is ...

• a complete spin on an axis

• The tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line

• One complete trip of one object around another object

• Large, round bodies that revolve around a star

One complete trip of one object around another object

• planet

• revolution

• star

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Each point in Earth’s orbit at which daylight hours are at their greatest or fewest

• star

• equinox

• solstice

• inertia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Each point in Earth’s orbit at which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal

• gravity

• planet

• equinox

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1