Chapter 11 Science Vocab Quiz

A rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun.

• orbit

• asteroid

• moon

• axis

A spacecraft that gathers data without a crew

• axis

• solar flare

• outer planets

• space probe

A large, round object that revolves around the sun but has not cleared the region around its orbit.

• comet

• dwarf planet

• inner planet

• outer planet

any of four planets in our solar system beyond Mars

• outer planet

• dwarf planet

• inner planet

• planet

Any of the four closest planets to the sun.

• axis

• Inner planet

• space probe

• rotation

A frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting the sun.

• revolution

• orbit

• asteroid

• comet

A natural object that revolves around a planet.

• planet

• moon

• solar flare

• constellation

A large, round object that revolves around a star and has cleared the region around its orbit.

• planet

• axis

• orbit

• constellation

A group of stars that forms a pattern

• orbit

• constellation

• solar flare

• comet

The path an object takes as it revolves around a star, planet, or moon.

• space probe

• rotation

• orbit

• dwarf planet