Solar System

comet

• a sphere shaped object that orbits the Sun

• an object with a tail that is only found orbiting the Sun

• rocky spheres that orbit planets

• a small object made of rock, ice, and dust that has a highly elliptical orbit around the sun and gives off gas and dust in a tail as it travels close to the sun

asteroid

• a gaseous object that orbits the Sun

• a small rocky or metallic object that revolves around the sun

• an object with a gaseous tail that orbits the Sun

• small chinks of other space material that orbit planets

terrestrial planet

• a planet that has a hard, rocky surface

• a planet that has a deep atmosphere and no rocky surface

• a planet that rotates on its axis like Earth

• all planets that orbit the Sun

rotation

• a spinning motion that causes planets in our solar system to orbit the Sun

• the northern and southern hemispheres of Earth

• the orbit of an abject around another object in outer space

• the spin of an object around a point or line, like the Earth around its axis

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revolution

• the orbit of a planet around its star

• the spinning of Earth around its axis

• is what makes the Earth have a night and day

• a war

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

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Which does a planet move in an orbit around?

• asteroid

• moon

• meteoroid

• star

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Where is the asteroid belt found?

• between earth and mars
• Between Uranus and Neptune
• Between Mercury and Venus
• Between Mars and Jupiter

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A small object that appears as a streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

A small rocky object orbiting the sun.

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Moon
• Meteor

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