Space and Astronomy Vocabulary

What is a satellite?

• An object that revolves around another object in space

• A system of organizing time

• A pattern or grouping of stars

• A measure of the force of gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What defines a planet?

• 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.

• A streak of light in the sky

• A loose collection of ice and dust

• A ball of hot gas

What is a meteor?

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.

• An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center

• The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

• The movement of an object around another object

What is a comet?

• A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit.

• A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium

• A pattern or grouping of stars

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

What is a star?

• A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion.

• An object that revolves around another object in space

• A system of organizing time

• A measure of the force of gravity

What is a constellation?

• A pattern or grouping of stars that people imagine to represent a figure or object.

• An object that orbits a star

• A streak of light in the sky

• A loose collection of ice and dust

What is an axis?

• An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates

• The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

• The movement of an object around another object

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is rotation?

• The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

• An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center

• The movement of an object around another object

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is revolution?

• The movement of an object around another object

• An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center

• The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

What is an orbit?

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

• An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center

• The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

• The movement of an object around another object

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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