The Solar System & the Sun

What word do we use for things related to the Sun?

• Solar

• Lunar

• Terrestrial

• Stellar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

gravity

• A force that pulls things towards each other. It's like a magnet that makes things fall to the ground.

• A group of planets that go around a star.

• A gas that is very light and flammable. It's like a gas that can burn easily.

• A light gas that makes balloons float.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

helium

• A force that pulls things towards each other. It's like a magnet that makes things fall to the ground.

• A group of planets that go around a star.

• A gas that is very light and flammable. It's like a gas that can burn easily.

• A light gas that makes balloons float.

hydrogen

• A force that pulls things towards each other. It's like a magnet that makes things fall to the ground.

• A group of planets that go around a star.

• A gas that is very light and flammable. It's like a gas that can burn easily.

• A light gas that makes balloons float.

solar system

• A force that pulls things towards each other. It's like a magnet that makes things fall to the ground.

• A group of planets that go around a star.

• A gas that is very light and flammable. It's like a gas that can burn easily.

• A light gas that makes balloons float.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

orbit

• A big group of stars, planets, and gas.

• The path that a planet or moon takes around a star or planet. It's like a circle that a planet goes around and around.

• A big ball of hot gas that shines in the sky.

• A force that pulls things towards each other. It's like a magnet that makes things fall to the ground.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

galaxy

• A big group of stars, planets, and gas.

• The path that a planet or moon takes around a star or planet. It's like a circle that a planet goes around and around.

• A big ball of hot gas that shines in the sky.

• A force that pulls things towards each other. It's like a magnet that makes things fall to the ground.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

star

• A big group of stars, planets, and gas.

• The path that a planet or moon takes around a star or planet. It's like a circle that a planet goes around and around.

• A big ball of hot gas that shines in the sky.

• A force that pulls things towards each other. It's like a magnet that makes things fall to the ground.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

planets

• The largest objects in the solar system after the Sun. Most of them orbit the Sun in a path shaped like a circle.

• A force that pulls things towards each other. It's like a magnet that makes things fall to the ground.

• A gas that is very light and flammable. It's like a gas that can burn easily.

• A group of planets that go around a star.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4