VOCABULARY
Satellite
Is an object in space that orbits or circles around a bigger object.
The planet with "known" living organisms
Earth
Comets orbit the Sun
True, Comets orbit carries them close to the Sun and then to the solar systems outer edges.
The center of the solar system
Sun
a star or a galaxy
galaxy
Planet
Large natural objects that orbit, or travel around stars
The planet that is closest to the Sun
Mercury
Meteorite becomes a meteor when it enters Earths atmosphere.
False; Meteoroid becomes a meteor when it enters Earth's atmosphere
An irregularly-shaped, rocky bodies
Asteroids
satellite or constellation
constellation
Solar system
A central sun with its associated planets, asteroids, meteors, satellites (moons), and comets that are "captured" in its orbit
The biggest planet in the solar system
Jupiter
An asteroid is bigger than a meteoroid.
True; an asteroid is bigger than a meteoroid.
When a meteor hits the Earth it becomes a .......
Meteorite
Planet or Sun
Sun
Galaxy
Is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems. A galaxy is held together by gravity
The planet with the most rings
Saturn
Saturn is the only planet with rings
False; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Rocky objects found in orbit between Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid belt
Galaxy or Constellation
Galaxy
ORBIT
is a regular, repeating path that an object in space takes around another one
The planets are split into 2 groups called
Gas planets (Jovian) and Rocky planets (terrestrial)
The Moon gives off its own light
False
A spherical body that has not cleared other small bodies from it's orbit
Dwarf planet
Galaxy or a cluster of galaxies
Cluster of galaxies