Earth and Space
Sun
Space
This and That
Vocabulary
100
Medium-sized star and a hot ball of glowing gases
The Sun
100
This is the inner layer of the sun´s atmosphere  
Photosphere
100
A rocky mass  up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun
Asteroid
100
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
Gravity
100
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
Rotating
200
These celestial bodies have not cleared the region around their orbit as planets have
Dwarf Planets
200
Eruptions that take place on the surface of the sun are called...
Prominences and Solar Flares
200
Polaris forms part of the star pattern called...
Little Dipper
200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
 24 hours
200
A group of stars that forms a pattern. There are 88 of them...
Constellations
300
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
365 and 1/4 days
300
The innermost layer that gives off the light energy we see is called...
Photosphere
300
Most asteroids orbit in the region between...
Jupiter and Mars (Asteroid Belt)
300
A frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting around the Sun... 
Comet
300
It forms when a meteoroid hits earth's atmosphere...
Meteor
400
....... are darker and cooler areas on the sun's surface. 
Sunspots
400
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
A "solar eclipse"
400
There are ... planets in the solar system (how many)
5 dwarf planets
400
___________ is the largest dwarf planet and it is slightly larger than ___________
Eris / Pluto
400
This dwar planet has two moons and a rapid rotation
Haumea
500
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
The "equator"
500
These are the 3 main layers of the Sun...
Photosphere, cromosphere, corona
500
Some _____________ are pieces of rock that have broken off an asteroid or a comet
Meteoroids
500
Name the planets in order...

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

500
This is a very important star in navigation because it indicates which direction is North...
Polaris
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