Vocabulary
A group of stars that forms an image or picture
constellation
The closest planet to the sun
planet Mercury
I am the closet star to Earth.
Sun
These planets have rings
What are the outer planets?
It separates the inner and out planets
A body held together by gravity that is made of millions of stars, gas, and dust
galaxy
The hottest planet
What is Venus?
I am the object that appears largest in the night sky.
the moon
These planets are known as the gas giants
What are outer planets?
There are the three main components of a galaxy
What are gas, dust and stars?
The distance that light travels in a year
light year
planets with rings (mention at least two)
Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter y Neptune
I'm a galaxy and I share a name with a candy bar
"Milky Way"
Orbit the sun faster
What are inner planets?
How many stars are in our solar system?
The force of attraction between any two masses
gravity
The planet farthest from the sun (not Pluto).
Neptune
I'm called the red planet
Mars
Are mostly made of gas
What are the outer planets?
How many stars are in the galaxy?
Billions
When the earth orbits around the sun
revolution / translation
This planet is the the only known planet to support life and it has liquid water on its surface
the earth
An explanation why something happens or did happen.
It has not been completely proven or accepted as fact.
theory
Have warmer temperatures
What are the inner planets?
the two types of galaxies we covered
What are spiral and barred spiral?