solar system unit
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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star | a large, hot ball of glowing gases
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tilt | move or cause to move in a sloping position
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orbit | the path of an object in space as it travels around another object.
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moon | the natural satellite of earth
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telescope | an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer
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universe | all existing matter and space considered as a whole
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planet | a celestial moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
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revolve | move in a circle on a central axis
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rotate | move or cause to move in a circle around an axis or center
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solar energy | radiant energy emitted by the sun
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constellation | a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
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atmosphere | the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
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comet | a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust
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lunar eclipse | an eclipse in which appears darkened as it passes into earths shadow
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solar eclipse | an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon
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elliptical | its large and contains millions to trillions of stars
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galaxy | a system of millions or billions of stars together with gas and dust held together by gravitational attraction
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solstice | either of the two times in the year the summer and winter solstice when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky
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asteroid | a rocky mass up to hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun
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satellite | an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or the moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication
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