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Solar System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Solar System | The sun and all the objects that orbit it. |
| Orbit | A path that an object takes as it moves around the sun. |
| Planet | A large body of rock or gas that orbits around the sun |
| Asteroid | A large piece of rock or metal that orbits the sun. |
| Comet | A ball of dust and ice that orbits around the sun |
| Sun | A star ball of hot glowing gas and it is the center of the solar system |
| Jupiter | The largest planet. |
| Inner Planets | Planets with rocky surfaces and have no more than two moons |
| Outer Planets | Planets made mostly of frozen gas, larger and colder and have more than two moons. |