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Galaxy Week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| asteroid belt | a region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most of the asteroids in our Solar System are found orbiting the Sun. |
| asteroid | An irregularly shaped rocky or metallic objects that orbits the sun and is much smaller than a planet |
| atmosphere | the whole mass of air surrounding the earth |
| comet | an object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the sun |
| moon | an object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star. |
| sun | the star around which the earth moves and that provides light and heat for the earth: |
| orbit | a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one. |