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Grade 5 Critical Vocabulary

This document contains definitions and illustrations of key space and Earth science vocabulary words for elementary students. It defines and shows examples of rotation, revolution, orbit, Earth, solar system, planet, moon, star, Sun, patterns, season, tide, gravity, and model. The vocabulary terms are presented with images to illustrate their meanings for different grade levels.

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Grade 5 Critical Vocabulary

This document contains definitions and illustrations of key space and Earth science vocabulary words for elementary students. It defines and shows examples of rotation, revolution, orbit, Earth, solar system, planet, moon, star, Sun, patterns, season, tide, gravity, and model. The vocabulary terms are presented with images to illustrate their meanings for different grade levels.

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axis

Grade 5 Critical Vocabulary


rotation

satellite images of Earth as it ROTATES (taken every 10 minutes over two hours)

Grade 5 Critical Vocabulary


revolution

When a planet or moon travels It takes one whole year for


once around an object it is Earth to revolve around the
considered a revolution.  Sun.
Grade 5 Critical Vocabulary
orbit
All the objects in our Solar
System ORBIT the Sun.

This diagram shows the ORBIT of


Earth and the Moon.

Grade 3 Critical Vocabulary


Earth
Google Earth lets you take virtual trips around EARTH This picture of EARTH was taken from the Moon!
using satellite images.

Kindergarten Critical Vocabulary


solar system

Grade 3 Critical Vocabulary


planet
There are 8 planets that orbit our Sun: Mercury, Venus, satellite image of Mars
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune.

Grade 3 Critical Vocabulary


moon

MOON phases, viewed from Earth Earth’s MOON

Grade 2 Critical Vocabulary


star
All of the objects in our solar system orbit
one STAR, the Sun. Our galaxy alone
contains about 200 billion stars!

A STAR with a planet in very close orbit, about 880 light years from Earth

Grade 1 Critical Vocabulary


Sun
Our SUN powers the Water Cycle.

satellite image of our SUN

Kindergarten Critical Vocabulary


patterns
SPRING SUMMER

FALL WINTER

Kindergarten Critical Vocabulary


season

Grade 2 Critical Vocabulary


tide
HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE

When one shore of an ocean


has high TIDE, its other shore
has low TIDE.

Grade 4 Critical Vocabulary


gravity
When a ball is tossed in the air, GRAVITY acts upon it,
pulling it toward Earth.

Grade 3 Critical Vocabulary


model

Grade 2 Critical Vocabulary

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