Space Rocks
A space rock that is burning up as it travels through Earth's atmosphere.
Meteor
Eight
Jupiter
Revolution
The number of miles between Earth and the sun.
93 million
A small space rock that remains in space
Meteoroid
The only star in our solar system
Sun
The planet that rotates on its side.
Uranus
"To spin or turn"
Rotation
The number of Earths that can fit inside the sun
1 million
A space rock made of ice and dust that leaves a tail of gas behind it as it moves through space.
This planet takes the longest amount of time to complete one revolution
Neptune
The outer planets are called this based on what they are made of.
Gaseous.
The number of hours it takes for Earth to complete one rotation
24
The Earth is about what percent water
70%
The largest type of space rock.
Asteroid
This planet takes the shortest amount of time to complete one revolution
Mercury
Inner planets are called this based on what they are made of.
Terrestrial.
Elliptical
The feature of Earth that allows life to exist
Atmosphere
The asteroid belt lies between which these two planets
Mars and Jupiter
The number of days it takes Earth to complete one revolution around the sun
365
Venus
The force responsible for objects' revolutions around the sun
Gravity
The Earth's largest satellite
The moon