6.ESS.3 #1 - Earth and Space Science

What is located closest to the center of the solar system?

All of the _____ revolve around the Sun in the same direction.

There is scientific evidence that all of the planets in our solar system can support life.

A comet is also known as a _____.

Comets are celestrial bodies made of ice and dust that orbit the Sun.

Comets come from the Sun.

Asteroids are small rocky or metallic bodies that orbit the Sun.

Most asteroids orbit the Sun in a vast ring called the Asteroid Belt which lies between Mars and _____.

Meteor showers are disintegrated pieces of comets.

The _____ planets are also called the terrestrial planets.