THE UNIVERSE
This is a huge system of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity.
This is the name of the system that includes the sun and all the objects that orbit it.
What is the Solar System?
This is a natural satellite that orbits a planet.
What is a moon?
These are rocky objects that orbit the sun, mostly between Mars and Jupiter.
What are Asteroids?
To produce and give off light like the sun is to do this.
This is the name of the galaxy we live in.
The Milky Way
Name the 8 planets in order from the sun. ( My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles)
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
These are the objects that moons orbit.
What are the planets?
This belt is located between Mars and Jupiter and contains many asteroids.
When an object bounces light back instead of producing it, it is doing this.
What is reflecting light?
These are natural objects in space, like stars, planets, moons, and comets.
What are celestial objects?
These 4 planets are called the gaseous or gas giants.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
This many moons exist in our solar system (approximate).
Over 200
This is what a meteoroid is called when it enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up.
What is a Meteor?
This is how Earth’s tilted axis and orbit around the sun cause weather changes throughout the year.
What are seasons
This term describes a pattern or group of stars that form a recognizable shape in the sky.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called these because they are closest to the sun.
What are the inner planets?
This is the best explanation of how Earth’s moon formed.
What is a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object?
This is what a meteor becomes if it survives its trip through the atmosphere and hits Earth.
This space vehicle explores Mars and sends back data.
What is a Mars Rover?
This causes day and night on Earth.
What is the rotation on the Earth's axis?
This is the path a planet takes as it travels around the sun.
What is an orbit?
These are the names of the different appearances of the moon we see from Earth.
This famous comet appears about every 76 years.
What is Halley's Comet?
List three things astronauts need to survive in space.
What are oxygen, food, water, and a pressurized suit?