Space

The spinning of the Earth on its axis that causes night and day.

• Rotate
• Revolve

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

The imaginary line running through the center of Earth.

• axis
• moon
• constellation
• orbit

The star at the center of our solar system.

• Sun
• moon
• orbit
• axis

The moon appears to change shape because of _____.

• the Moon's revolution around Earth
• the seasons of the year
• the movement of stars in they sky
• Earth's rotation on its axis

region between Mars and Jupiter that contains small, rocky, planet-like fragments that orbit the sun

• Kuiper Belt
• Asteroid Belt
• Diamond Rain
• inner planets

They are sometimes called shooting stars

• interplanetary dust
• asteroids
• comets
• meteors

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Select the pair of bodies which are LEAST alike in composition and size

• asteroid and meteor
• moon and comet
• earth and venus
• uranus and neptune

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do comets orbit

• The Stars
• The Planets
• The Sun
• Cupcakes
  

Sometimes called "dirty snowballs".

• asteoids
• meteoroids
• comets
• meteors