Solar System
This consists of the sun and its family of eight planets.
What is the solar system?
This is the planet closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
These chunks of rock and metal orbit the sun between the planets.
What are asteroids?
These objects produce and give off their own heat and light.
What are stars?
This is the galaxy in which we live.
What is the Milky Way?
This is a body that does not give off light of its own. It reflects the light of the sun.
What is a planet?
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What is a moon?
Once considered a planet, scientists now call this a "dwarf planet."
What is Pluto?
These loose collections of rocks and frozen gases orbit the Sun between the planets.
What are comets?
these are the patterns of stars in the sky that seem to be in the shapes of pictures.
What are constellations?
What is astronomy?
This is the center of our solar system. The eight planets revolve around it.
What is the sun?
Called the morning or evening star, this planet appears in the sky just after sunset and before sunrise.
What is Venus?
This body travels around Earth. It is known as Earth's satellite.
What is the moon?
How long it takes Earth to orbit the Sun.
What is 365 days?
This planet is eighth from the Sun and can only be seen through a telescope. Little is known about this distant planet.
What is Neptune?
Fifth from the Sun, this is the largest planet. It is best known for its beautiful colours and Great Red Spot.
What is Jupiter.
These have bright heads and long, shining tails. They shine partly because of light absorbed and reradiated from the Sun, and partly because of reflected sunlight.
What are comets?
Sixth from the Sun, this planet is best known for the beautiful system of rings that circle it.
What is Saturn?
How long it takes the moon to orbit Earth.
What is 24 hours?