Space Vocab
The names of all 8 planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
This model indicates that the Sun is at the center of our solar system.
Who is Heliocentric?
The names of the 2 belts in our solar system.
What is the asterioid and Kuiper belt?
The moon is an example of this type of satellite.
What is a natural satellite?
These are made up of rock and metal and mainly exist between Mars and Jupiter.
What are asteroids?
The 4 outer planets are made up of these 2 gasses.
What is hydrogen and helium?
This model indicates that the Earth is at the center of our solar system.
What is Geocentric?
This refers to a meteor that passes through the atmosphere and touches Earths surface.
What is a meteorite?
This spacecraft orbits around the Earth every 90 min.
What is the ISS?
These are composed mainly of frozen gas and have a tail when they come close to Earths atmosphere.
What are Comets?
This planet has the highest gravitational pull.
What is Jupiter?
Comets, Meteors, Asteroids and other space objects are called this.
What are celestial objects?
True or False: Weight is a measurement of the amount of gravity pulling on an object.
What is True?
List 3 potential hazards of space travel.
What are extreme temperatures, lack of oxygen and social isolation?
Name 3 things that do not emit their own sunlight.
What is a Planet, Moon or Asteroid?
The planets reamin in orbit becuase of these two forces.
What is gravity and inertia (Speed)?
These 2 planets have no moons.
What is Venus and Mercury?
This comet appears every 75 to 76 years.
What is Halleys Comet?
These types of satellites help with navigation and GPS tracking.
What are artificial satellites?
List 3 characterisics of a terrestrial planet and 3 characteristics of a gas giant.
What is rocky, metallic and closer to the Sun?
What is made up of hydrogen and helium, hollow, further away from the Sun?
Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in this year.
Hint: It is in the 21st century.
What is 2006?
Earths atmosphere is mainly made up of these 2 gasses.
Bonus Points: If you can name the percentages of each gas.
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
78% and 22%.
The names of 2 types of asteroids.
What is stony and metallic asteroids?
The names of 2 rovers that have went to Mars.
What is Opportunity and Spirit?