Vocabulary
A group of stars that forms a pattern
What is a constellation?
The closest planet to the sun
What is Mercury
I am the closet star to Earth.
Sun
A chunk of ice and rock originally from the outer solar system, often accompanied by a coma and tail
What is a comet
What is an AXIS?
When the earth orbits around the sun
What is a revolution?
This planet is about the same size as Earth and is the brightest
What is Venus?
I am the object that appears largest in the night sky.
the moon
The streak of light seen when a space rock enters Earth's atmosphere and starts burning up
What is a meteor
On the sun, what are explosive eruptions of waves and particles into space?
What are solar flares
The force of attraction between any two masses
What is gravity?
planets with rings (mention at least two)
What are Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune
I'm a galaxy and I share a name with a candy bar
"Milky Way"
When a burned up rock hits the Earth's surface
What are meteorites
What rotation is responsible of?
What is day and night cycles
The distance that light travels in a year
What is a light year?
The planet farthest from the sun.
What is Neptune
I'm called the red planet
Mars
A space rock thats bigger than a dust particle but smaller than an asteroid
What is a meteoroid
How seasons are produced?
What is revolution and the Earth's tilt
A body held together by gravity that is made of millions of stars, gas, and dust
What is a galaxy?
This planet is the only known to support life and has liquid water on its surface
What is Earth
I am the star that explorers used to direct them
I am the only star that does not seem to move
What is Polaris
A rock in orbit generally between Mars and Jupiter
What are asteroids
Which layer of the sun gives off the light energy we see
What is the photosphere