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5th Grade ESS Vocab
Gagne Lesson
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Solar System | The sun and all the objects that move around it, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets. |
| Star | A huge ball of hot, glowing gas that makes its own light and energy. |
| Sun | The star at the center of our solar system, providing light and heat to Earth. |
| Planet | A large object that orbits a star and does not make its own light. |
| Orbit | The curved path an object follows as it moves around another object in space. |
| Moon | A natural object, satellite, that orbits a planet. |
| Asteroid | A small, rocky object that orbits the sun, mostly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. |
| Comet | A space object made of ice, dust, and rock that orbits the sun and forms a glowing tail when it gets close to the sun. |
| Rotation | The spinning of an object on its axis (like Earth spinning to create day and night). |
| Revolution | The movement of one object around another (like Earth traveling around the sun in one year). |