Solar System 1
What is a giant ball of gas that produces light and heat?
A star
What makes objects that are very far away appear much closer?
A telescope
What word means to travel in a path around another object?
Orbit
What is an object made up of dust and ice with a long tail?
A comet
This is the imaginary line through the middle of Earth, from north to south, around which the Earth rotates.
Axis
What is the name of the Sun and all the objects that travel around it?
The Solar System
What is a group of stars that form a pattern called? The Southern Cross is an example.
Constellation
What is the natural satellite that orbits around the Earth?
The moon
What is it called when a space rock enters our atmospheres and burns up? Also known as a shooting star.
A meteor
What is another name for the Outer Planets?
Gas giants or Jovian planets
What are the four inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What do we call a year with 366 days?
Leap year
What word means to spin around an axis?
What is another word for a growing moon?
Waxing
Name one of the Rovers that has explored Mars?
Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance
What are the four outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What force keeps the planets in orbit?
Gravity
What was the 9th planet until 2006?
Pluto
What is another name for the Inner Planets?
Rocky or terrestrial planets
What is one rotation of the Earth around its axis called?
A day
What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter
What are the explosions on the Sun called?
Solar flares
These are large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes found between Mars and Jupiter.
Asteroids
What is another word for a shrinking moon?
Waning
How long does it take for the Earth to orbit around the Sun?
A year/365 days approx.