Topic 6: Solar System Vocabulary

_________ means how something looks.

• apparent

• satellite

• orbit

• corona

A _________ is a giant ball of hot, glowing matter.

• asteroid

• moon

• comet

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The ___________ is made up of the planets, asteroids, and comets that orbit the sun, as well as the planets' moons.

• inner planets

• outer planets

• solar system

• chromosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A ________ is a a large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet.

• asteroid

• corona

• comet

• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The ___________ is the center, or inner, layer of the sun's atmosphere (closest to the sun).

• corona

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• stratosphere

The ___________ is the middle layer of the sun's atmosphere.

• corona

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• lithosphere

The _______ is the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere (farthest away from the sun).

• corona

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The _____________ are the four large planets farthest from the sun that are made of ice and gases.

• inner planets

• satellite

• star

• outer planets

The _________ are the four rocky planets closest to the sun.

• inner planets

• satellite

• star

• outer planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A _________ is an object that orbits around a planet.

• asteroid

• satellite

• comet

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2