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Solar System
solar system unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| star | a large, hot ball of glowing gasses |
| tilt | when an object or planet is leaning or slanting on it's side |
| orbit | the curved path in a planet, moon, or star |
| moon | the natural satellite to Earth |
| telescope | an optical instrument uses to make far objects look closer |
| universe | all planets, stars, and galaxies |
| planet | a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star |
| revolve | move in a circle on a central axis |
| rotate | to move or cause to move in a circle around a center or axis |
| solar energy | radiant energy emitted by the Sun |
| constellation | a group of stars forming a reconizable pattern |
| atmisphere | the envelope of gasses surrounding the Earth or another planet |
| comet | an objet in space made of ice and dust, and near the Sun it forms a tail of gas and dust |
| lunar eclipse | an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes through the Earth's shadow |
| solar eclipse | an eclpise in which the Sun is obscurbed by the moon |
| elliptical | using or involving ellipsis |
| galaxy | a system of millions or billions of stars, planets, dust, and other objects |
| solstice | either 2 times a year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches it's highest or lowest piont in the sky at noon |
| asteroid | a small rocky body orbiting the Sun |
| satellite | an artificial body placed in orbit around planets and moons to colect information |