Planets
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
What is Inner Planets?
A rock in orbit generally between Mars and Jupiter.
What is an asteroid or asteroid belt?
A device that makes far away objects appear closer.
What is a telescope?
The study of objects in space.
What is astronomy?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is Outer Planets?
A chunk of ice and rock originating from the outer solar system, often accompanied by a coma and tail.
What is a comet?
This where scientists live while working in space.
What is a space station?
A scientist who studies objects in space.
Has a Great Dark Spot that is believed to be a huge storm system that is the size of Earth.
What is Neptune?
The streak of light seen when a space rock enters the atmosphere and starts burning up. Also know as a "falling star."
What is a meteor?
A vehicle composed of a giant fuel tank, large rocket and an orbiter. The orbiter can be launched into space and returned to Earth.
What is a space shuttle?
One of the eight large bodies that move around a star.
What is a planet?
The second largest planet with about 53 known moons.
What is Saturn?
If a meteor doesn't completely burn up, a piece of space rock that lands on earth is called.....
What is a meteorite?
This craft does not carry humans. It gathers data about objects in space and sends that information back to Earth to be processed.
What is a space probe?
The force of one object's pull on another.
What is gravity?
Has mountains, volcanoes, canyons, crates, sand dunes, and two moons.
What is Mars?
A space tock that's bigger than a dust grain but smaller that an asteroid. If it strikes Earth, it is a meteorite.
What is a meteoroid.
It is designed to be in orbit around Earth and to send images to Earth from space.
What is a Hubble Space Telescope?
The path taken by one body circling around another body.
What is orbit?