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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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 motion of one object around another object

• rotation

• revolution

• spin

• moon

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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. 

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What is a natural satellite that revolves around a planet?

• Meteor
• Comet
• Asteroid
• Moon

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The path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space

• Orbit

• Mass

• Galaxy

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A revolution is

• one complete orbit made by a planet or satellite around another object.

• how stars form.

• a type of moon.

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The spinning of an object on its axis is called ___________.

• Topsy Turvy

• Tornado

• Rotation/Rotate

It takes the earth one year to make one what?

• revolution
• rotation
• turn
• flip 

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Why does the Sun appear to rise and set each day?

• The moon rotates on its axis.
• The Earth rotates on its axis.
• The sun rotates on its axis.
• The Earth revolves on its axis.

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