Space Vocabulary by Mrs. G.

A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star.

• planet
• moon
• star
• super nova

a group of stars that are in a pattern

• planet

• constellation

• meteor

• satellite

A __________________________ is a huge collection of stars, gases, and dust that is classified by shape.

• galaxy
• Big Bang Theory
• light-year

A pattern of stars named after a mythological or religious figure, an object, or an animal.

• constellation
• star
• planet
• solar system

Any natural body that revolves around a planet.

• moon
• planet
• star
• sun

The path one body takes in space as it revolves around another body.

• rotate
• revolve
• orbit
• eclipse

What motion of the Earth takes 365 days?

• rotation

• tilting

• revolution

• spinning

What does revolution mean?

• to spin

• to go around or to orbit

• to go upside down

• to go sideways

A huge ball of very hot gasses in space.

• moon
• planet
• crater
• star

An object that revolves around another object in space

• Planet

• Satellite

• Moon

• Comet