Solar System and Exploration
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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| Gravity | force of attraction between two objects due to their masses
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| Model | a picture, idea, or object that represents an object, a system, or a process and is used to help with understanding; models have advantages and limitations
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| Orbit | the path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space
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| Asteroid | a small rocky body orbiting the sun.
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| Comet | a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
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| Cosmonaut | a Russian astronaut.
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| Galilean Moons | the four largest moons of Jupiter—Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
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| Gas Giant Planets | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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| International Space Station | a large spacecraft that orbits around Earth. It is a home and science lab for astronauts.
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| Meteor | a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
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| Revolution | the movement of one object around a center or another object.
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| Rotation | a circular movement of an object around a center (or point).
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| Satellite | an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
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| Space Probe | an unmanned exploratory spacecraft designed to transmit information about its environment.
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| Space Shuttle | a rocket-launched spacecraft, able to land like an unpowered aircraft, used to make repeated journeys between the earth and earth orbit.
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| Terrestrial Planets | the inner planets closest to the Sun, i.e. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
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| Ellipse | a regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant.
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