Vocabulary
All About the Solar System
RANDOM
100

The only planet to be able to support living organisms.

What is EARTH?

100

The Sun, planets, and all the other objects that move in orbit and revolve around the Sun.

What is THE SOLAR SYSTEM?

100

This is a particular way in which something is placed, arranged, or located.

What is POSITION?

200

Any natural object that orbits a planet.

What is a MOON?

200

The name of the star that is located closest to Earth and is the center of a system of planets.

What is the SUN?

200

The measurement or extent of something from end to end. How long something is.

What is LENGTH?

300

This happens when something moves in a circle or orbits around a central point or object.

What is REVOLVE?

300

The planet is farthest from the Sun.

What is NEPTUNE?

300

The Sun rises in the ________.

What is the EAST

400

Path of any object in space that revolves around another object in space.

What is ORBIT?

400

The largest planet in the solar system.

What is JUPITER?

400

The Sun sets in the _____________.

What is the WEST?

500

Ball of burning gases in space that gives off light.

What is a STAR?

500

Because Earth changes position in its orbit during different ___________, different stars are seen during different _________. (Both blanks are the same word)

What are SEASONS?

500

Clocks are used to tell time in the present, this tool was used in the past.

What is a SUN DIAL?

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