Natural Objects in the Sky

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What are streaks of light caused by fragments of rocks from space burning up in the atmosphere?

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Meteors.

Front

What do we call the patterns formed by stars in the sky?

Back

Constellations.

Front

What are huge balls of very hot and fiery gases in space?

Back

Stars.

Front

What are fragments of rocks produced when asteroids smash into each other?

Back

Meteoroids.

Front

What celestial object reflects light from the sun and has craters on its surface?

Back

The Moon.

Front

What is the name of the closest star to Earth?

Back

The Sun.

Front

What do we call a large body of ice and dust that orbits the sun?

Back

Comet.

Front

What is the term for the path that a celestial object takes as it moves around another object in space?

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Orbit.

Front

What is the name of the force that pulls objects toward each other in space?

Back

Gravity.

Front

What do we call a natural satellite that orbits a planet?

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Moon.