Vocabulary (Part 1)
The fixed path that a planet takes around the sun is called...
What is an orbit
How long does it take light from the sun to reach the Earth?
What is 8 minutes?
This planet is the 6th from the Sun...
What is Saturn?
The saying to help you remember the order of the planets is...
What is "My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos"?
What is rotation?
The name of the galaxy that we live in is...
What is the Milky Way?
The reason why the sun looks larger than all other stars is...
What is "it is the closest star to Earth"?
This planet has no moons, is very cloudy, and is the hottest?
What is Venus?
This is another word for orbit...
What is revolve?
Frozen dust and ice that orbits the sun is called...
What is a comet?
These are the two main gasses that can be found in stars and are combusting...
What are hydrogen and helium?
How many Earth's can fit inside of the Sun?
What is 1,300,000?
Pluto, Eris, and Ceres are examples of these types of planets...
What are Dwarf Planets?
This is where you can find a meteoroid...
What is out in space?
Patterns in the night sky are also called...
What are constellations?
These are large, metallic, rocky bodies that orbit the sun...
What are asteroids?
What color of star is the hottest?
What is blue?
This planet is the coldest in our solar system...
What is Neptune?
This season of the year has the longest shadows in the Northern Hemisphere...
What is winter?
A "shooting star" is also called...
What is a meteor?
The Earth rotates on its _________, which causes the day/night cycle...
What is the axis?
The core temperature of our sun is...
What is 27,000,000 degrees
This is the reason that planets orbit around the sun...
What is gravitational pull or gravitational attraction?
The location of most of the worlds fresh water is where...
What is frozen in glaciers or underground?
The "sphere" that involves the water of Earth is called
What is hydrosphere?