Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Amazing Vocabulary
Gravity
Things in the sky
100
The 3rd planet from the Sun
What is Earth
100
This planet is really not a planet but a dwarf planet
What is Pluto
100
The path an object takes as it revolves
What is orbit
100
force of attraction that tends to draw objects together
What is gravitational pull
100
small chunck of rock that orbits the Sun
What is an asteroid
200
The planet with gases in it's atmosphere that cause it to be shiny from the Earth
What is Venus
200
This planet is the 8th planet from the Sun and is blue in color
What is Neptune
200
A round object
What is sphere
200
The force that pulls things toward the center of the Earth
What is gravity
200
The difference between an asteroid and comet
What is asteroid is made of rock-a comet is made of ice
300
The 4th planet from the Sun that has a red color
What is Mars
300
This planet is the largest planet in our solar system
What is Jupiter
300
large, nearly round body that revolves around the sun and has cleared a path within its own orbit
What is planet
300
A natural object that orbits a planet caught by it's gravitational pull
What is a moon
300
cloud of interstellar gas appearing as a bright or dark patch
What is nebula
400
The planet that has very little atmosphere and it very hot
What is Mercury
400
This planet has rings of ice
What is Saturn
400
collection of billions of stars
What is galaxy
400
The gravitation pull of this object keeps that planets in orbit
What is the Sun
400
a small asteroid
What is a meteoroid
500
The mixture of gases around the Earth that help it sustain life
What is atmoshere
500
The outer planets are called this
What is gas giants
500
The strength or energy that moves an object
What is its force
500
All objects stay in their place because of this force.
What is gravity
500
a meteor that falls to the Earth
What is a meteorite