VOCABULARY
SPACE STUFF
FACTS
INNER PLANETS
INNER PLANETS 2
100
ball of hot gas that gives off light and other types of energy
What is star
100
a rocky mass that revolves around the sun
What is asteriod
100
our home galaxy
What is Milky Way
100
solar systems largest rocky planet, only planet with liquid water
What is Earth
100

Earth's twin

Venus

200
huge system of gas, dust, stars, and objects orbiting stars that is held together by the force of gravity
What is galaxy
200
frozen mass of ice and dust orbiting the sun
What is comet
200
average size star that is the center of our solar system
What is sun
200
no atmosphere, covered in craters, closest planet to the sun
What is Mercury
200

The only terrestrial planet whose surface is divided into tectonic plates

Earth

300
sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets
What is solar system
300
shooting stars are this
What is meteor
300
the Milky Way galaxy has this shape
What is spiral
300

same size as Earth, rotates opposite direction, made up of clouds

What is Venus

300

The RED PLANET; the largest volcano, Olympus Mons, is a part of this planet.

Mars

400
large round object that revolves around a star and has cleared the region around its orbit
What is planet
400
small asteroids are this
What is meteoroids
400
True or False Stars move at night
What is false
400
dust storms cover the planet, soil contains iron oxide
What is Mars
400

This planet has retrograde rotation and sulfuric acid rain.

Venus

500
path an object takes as it revolves around a star, planet, or moon
What is orbit
500
a piece of a meteor that hits earth
What is meterorite
500
this is why objects stay in their orbit
What is gravity
500
List the inner planets in order from the sun
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
500

On this planet, a day lasts almost 59 Earth days.

Mercury

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