The Solar System Vocabulary

A representation of how something looks or works is...

• asteroid

• model

• elliptical

• galaxy

A bright streak of light that passes through Earth's atmosphere is...

• model

• galaxy

• meteor

• meteroid

A rocky object that revolves around the sun is...

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

• meteoroid

The distance that light travels in one year...

• dark year

• bright year

• light year

• long year

A group of millions of stars, gas and dust

• galaxy

• gravity

• light year

• universe

A piece of meteoroid that lands on Earth after passing through the atmosphere is called...

• comet

• rock

• meteor

• meteorite

A ball of ice, dust and gases that travels through space and orbits the sun

• comet

• meteorite

• planet

• sun

Small piece of rock or metal that travels in space around the sun is called...

• meteor

• Mercury

• meteoroid

• model

Made up of nine planets that travel around the sun

• galaxy

• solar system

• universe

• world

Our solar system is part of the __________________________________________ Galaxy.

• Little Dipper

• Hercules

• Sunshine

• Milky Way