Canaan - Solar System Vocabulary

Front

What is the closed path of one object in space around another?

Back

Orbit

Front

What does it mean to travel in a closed path?

Back

Revolve

Front

What is a large body that revolves around a star?

Back

Planet

Front

What is the star at the center of our solar system?

Back

Sun

Front

What is an imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth?

Back

Axis

Front

What is the term for the spinning motion of an object around its own axis?

Back

Rotate

Front

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

Back

Moon

Front

What is the term for the path that a planet takes as it moves around the Sun?

Back

Orbit

Front

What is the name of the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

Back

Gravity

Front

What is the term for the time it takes for a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis?

Back

Day