Space Vocab Review

Front

Where we live, consists of a star called the sun and 8 planets.

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Solar system

Front

Object orbiting the sun, spherical, shares orbit with others.

Back

Dwarf planet

Front

Amount of matter per volume in an object

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Density

Front

Amount of matter in an object

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mass

Front

Large group of stars, clusters, dust, and gas held by gravity.

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Galaxy

Front

Force drawing objects to a planet's center

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gravity

Front

Tendency of an object to resist motion change

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inertia

Front

Pattern of stars representing figures or objects

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constelation

Front

Outer planets are jovial, nicknamed ____

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gas giants

Front

Region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter:

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Asteroid belt