Vocabulary I
A curved path that one object takes around another.
What is orbit?
A small object that provides its own light and heat.
What is a star?
Our home--the planet on which we live.
What is Earth?
An instrument use to look at objects like the outer planets.
What is a telescope?
This celestial body has phases named after how much is seen of it--new, crescent, half and full.
What is the moon?
This term means the opposite of minor--small or unimportant.
What is major?
The bubble of air that surrounds Earth.
What is atmosphere?
The "Red Planet."
Blue planet, furthest from the sun.
What is Neptune?
This planet is the onlt one which has enough water and oxygen to support life.
What is the Earth?
Something very, very old--unlike a new bicycle.
What is ancient?
Something that goes in the opposite direction of clockwise.
What is counterclockwise?
The smallest planet and closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
The only planet not named after a Roman god.
What is Uranus?
Things associated with the sun.
What is solar?
A planet closer to the sun than an outer planet.
What is an inner planet?
This term refers to someone who works hard to get good grades by doing homework and trying their best every day.
What is determined?
Earth's sister planet, the brightest planet that can be seen in Earth's sky.
What is Venus?
A planet with big, beautiful rings.
What is Saturn?
This celestial body whas visited by astronauts from earth.
What is the moon?
A group of stars you see when you look up in the sky on a clear night.
What is constellation?
Someone who travels into outer space.
What is an astronaut?
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What is the total number of inner planets?
The largest planet with a big red spot.
What is Jupiter?
This star allows life to survive on Earth.
What is the sun?