A set of vocabulary words, to review the 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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| Asteroids | Small, rocky objects that orbit the sun
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| Comets | Astronomical object largely made of ice that travels around the Sun in an elliptical orbit
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| Galilean Moon | Jupiter's four largest moons (Europa, Io, Ganymeade, Callisto) discovered by Galileo in 1610. The observation of these moons proved that everything doesn't revolve around the earth.
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| Meteoroid | Small rocks and solid particles moving through space
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| Meteor | Mass of rock or metal that has entered Earth's atmosphere
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| Meteorite | When a meteor strikes the ground
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| Planets | A large celestial body, smaller than a star but larger than an asteroid, that does not produce its own light but is illuminated by light from the star around which it revolves
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| Revolution | The orbiting of one celestial body around another
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| Rotation | The motion of an object around its axis
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| Solar System | The sun, planets and all other objects that orbit around the sun
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| Sun | The star that is the center of our solar system, around which the planets revolve and receive heat and light
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| Gravity | Force of attraction between two objects
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| Moon | The natural satellite of the Earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun
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| Inner Planet | Any of the four planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, whose orbits are closest to the sun
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| Outer Planet | Any of the four planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, with orbits outside of Mars. These planets lie outside the asteroid belt.
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| Orbit | The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
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