Solar System Vocab

an object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the Sun

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Galaxy

• Planet

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the turning of an object on its axis

• revolution

• rotation

• spinning

• moon

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an object that is found in the solar system, orbits the Sun, and is much smaller than a planet

• comet

• star

• asteroid

• constellation

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the study of objects in space and their properties

• scientist

• universe

• galaxy

• astronomy

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the motion of one object around another object

• rotation

• revolution

• spin

• moon

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a system of planets and other bodies that orbits a star

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

• constellations

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a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth’s atmosphere

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

• meteoroid

What is the definition of the sun?

• The star around which all the planets and their bodies orbit.
• The planet which we live.
• A natural satellite of a planet. 
• A celestial body that consists of a nucleus. 

The planet which we live. 

• Neptune
• Moon
• Venus
• Earth

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What is a natural satellite that revolves around a planet?

• Meteor
• Comet
• Asteroid
• Moon