Earth and Space Vocabulary

Earth and Space Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

A natural object that orbits a planet. Earth has 1.

• Star

• Sun

• Moon

• Planet

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An object that is found in the solar system, orbits the Sun, and is much smaller than a planet

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

Multiple Select

What are comets?

• Mountain-sized chunks of ice

• Has a tail that glows as it approaches the Sun

• Approaches the Sun from beyond Pluto

• Moon

Multiple Choice

A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce its own light

• Moon

• Sun

• Planet

• Star

Multiple Choice

A large object in space that is made of gas and produces its own light

• Star

• Moon

• Solar System

• Galaxy

Multiple Choice

An object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the Sun

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

Multiple Choice

The turning of an object on its axis

• Sun

• Revolution

• Galaxy

• Rotation

Multiple Choice

A system of planets and other bodies that orbits a star

• Solar System

• Planet

• Sun

• Moon

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The motion of one object around another object

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Galaxy

• Sun

Multiple Choice

What is one half of the Earth called?

• Globe

• Axis

• hemisphere

• Equator