Space Vocab
S = Solar
Planets
Gravity
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A large natural object that orbits around a planet, some are covered with ice and craters
Moon
100
Tool used to discover the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud in Spaec
Telescope
100
These are smaller, rocky and denser
Inner Planets
100
An object would weight _______ on the moon.
Less
100
The force that pulls objects with mass toward each other.
Gravity
200
This object is stationary and in the center of our solar system
What is the sun?
200
Short period comets originate from
The Kuiper Belt
200
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Outer Planets
200
In this example which property is representing the force of gravity between earth and the sun?
What is the tension on the chain?
200
A small piece of space debris that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, creating a streak of light in the sky. AKA shooting star
Meteor
300
A small, rocky and/or metallic object that has an orbit
Asteroid
300
Covered in ice and craters are two physical properties of this natural satellite.
What is a moon?
300
The name of the Galaxy we live in
Milky Way
300
What causes the moon to follow a circular path instead of flying off into space?
What is the force of gravity?
300
A doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies that orbits the sun beyond Neptune
Kuiper Belt
400
These are located in the band between Mars and Jupiter
What are asteroids?
400
The sun is made up of more than 90% of this element
What is Hydrogen?
400
Planet in our solar system that can support life because it is far enough from the sun to have water as a liquid state, this is also called the Goldilocks Zone.
Earth
400
Objects that have more _________ have more gravitational pull
Mass
400
A spherical shell of icy objects that surrounds our solar system and orbits the sun
Oort Cloud
500
A frozen remnant of the solar system's formation, made of dust, rock, and ice that has an orbit
Comet
500
It orbits the sun in an elliptical orbit that is at an angle relative to the orbital paths of the planets. The speed varies depending on its distance from the sun.
Comet
500
Earths Distance from the sun makes it better to support life because it is ______ than Mars but ________ than Mercury.
Warmer than Mars but Cooler than Mercury.
500
This describes how the force of gravity affects the speed of a planet in orbit.
The ______ the planet is to the sun, the _______ gravitational pull and the _______ it moves.
What is :The closer the planet is to the sun, the greater the gravitational pull and the faster it moves.
500
Orbital period is another name for
What is the amount of days it takes an object to go around the sun or Orbit.