Exoplanets Vocabulary

What is an exoplanet?

• A planet in our solar system
• A dead planet
• A star that does not have enough mass
• A planet outside of our solar system

What is the position of a planet?

• The reason a planet exists

• The location of a planet within a solar system.

• The space between two planets

• The curved path that a planet, satellite, or spacecraft moves as it circles around another project.

What is a planet?

• A set that includes a star and all te matter that orbits it, including planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects.

• An imaginary line in which a space object rotates.

• A star of small size and low luminosity

• A large body in outer space that circles around the sun or another star.

A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.  

• planets
• stars
• patterns
• creatures

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What is a dwarf star?

• A star far away from the sun

• A star like Pluto

• A star of small size and low luminosity

• A star that is smaller than the planets around it

What is a light year?

• Amount of Time light travels in a year

• Distance light travels in a year

• Amount of Time light travels in a second

• Distance light travels in a second

What is a solar system?

• A set that includes a star and all the matter that orbits it, including planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects.

• A large body in outer space that circles around the sun or another star.

• The curved path that a planet, satellite, or spacecraft moves as it circles around another project.

• A system of stars

What does number 3 represent?

• Moon's rotation

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• Moon's orbit around Earth

• Earth's rotation

What does number 4 represent?

• Sun's rotation

• Earth's rotation

• Moon's orbit of Earth

• Earth's orbit

A planet revolves when...

• It rotates in its axis

• It travels at the speed of light.

• It moves around the sun

• It changes it shape