Space objects
This is a round rocky object that orbits a planet.
What is a moon?
The 4 planets that are rocky and dense and closer to the sun are referred to as this.
What are the inner planets?
This is how long Earth takes to rotate on it's axis.
What is 24 hours or 1 day?
This planet is the farthest from the sun.
What is Neptune?
This can be a large rocky, metallic object that orbits the sun. We find many between the inner and outer planets.
What are asteroids?
The 4 planets that are large and made of gas. They have the most moons.
What are the outer planets?
This is how long it takes Earth to complete 1 revolution around the sun.
What is 365 days or 1 year?
This planet has the most moons.
What is Jupiter?
Large chuck of ice, dust, gasses, and rock that orbit the sun. They are sometimes referred to as "dirty snowballs"
What are comets?
Stars are made of this.
What is gas?
This is at the center of every solar system.
What is a star called a sun?
This is how distance is measured in space.
What is a light year?
This planet is called Earth's sister planet.
What is Venus?
This is an object that revolves around a star and has an atmosphere.
What is a planet?
Galaxies contain gas, dust, and _____________ of stars.
What is billions?
The real name of a "shooting star".
What is a meteor?
These planets have rings.
What are the outer planets?
(Also acceptable Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
This is what we call a chunk of rock that has landed on Earth's surface.
What is a meteorite?
This is why small stars appear brighter than large stars.
What is because they are closer?
This is how many stars are in our solar system.
What is 1- the sun?
Comets and asteroids both orbit the sun. These are 2 differences between a comet and an asteroid.
What is a comet has a tail and a comet contains ice while an asteroid contains metal?
These planets are colder.
What are the outer planets?
(Also acceptable Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)