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Vocabulary
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What is the third planet from the sun?
Earth
100
What is the closet star to Earth?
The sun.
100
How long does it take the moon to orbit Earth?
1 month (or 29 days)
100
What is a large clump of ice, dust, and small rock particles that has a tail and orbits the sun?
comet
100
spinning on an axis
Rotation
200
What is the closest planet to the sun.
Mercury
200
The sun appears bigger than any other star because it is _________.
Closest to Earth
200
How long does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun?
1 year
200
A meteor that goes through our atmosphere and hits the earth is called a ___________.
meteorite
200
the movement AROUND another object.
What is revolution?
300
What is the largest of the planets?
Jupiter
300
A sphere of hot gases that gives off its own light and heat energy is called...
a star
300
How long does it take Earth to rotate once on its axis?
1 day
300
Pluto generally orbits the sun out past all the other planets. However, Pluto is sometimes closer to the sun than which planet?
Neptune
300
The imaginary line from North Pole to South Pole that the Earth rotates on is called its _____.
Axis
400
What is the smallest of the planets?
Mercury
400
When our sun advances in its life cycle, the next stage will be a ________.
Red Giant
400
Comets that pass through our solar system orbit around the ______.
Sun
400
These are pieces of space rock that are too small to be planets but still revolve around the sun.
asteroids
400
When the lit part of the moon is facing Earth, we see what type of moon?
Full moon
500
Name the outer planets in order from closest to Earth to farthest from Earth.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
How many Black Dwarf stars are scientists aware of?
None...they are theoretical.
500
The asteroid belt is in orbit around ________.
The sun.
500
Where are most asteroids in our solar system found?
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
500
A group of stars that forms a shape or pattern is called a _____________.
Constellation