Solar System Vocabulary

A ________ is a large round object in space that travels around a star.

• planet

• moon

• comet

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A ________ is an object that orbits a planet or asteroid. It is also known as a natural satellite.

• planet

• moon

• star

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A _______ is an object in space that is made of burning gas and that looks like a point of light in the night sky.

• planet

• moon

• star

• asteroid

An _______ is a small rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun. There are over a million of these objects in our Solar System!

• planet

• moon

• star

• asteroid

A _______ is a cosmic snowball of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbits the Sun.

• planet

• moon

• star

• comet

An _______ is any planet outside our solar system.

• star

• exoplanet

• asteroid

• comet

______ is an adjective meaning relating to the sun.

• solar

• lunar

• celestial

• planetary

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

______ is an adjective meaning relating to the moon.

• solar

• lunar

• celestial

• planetary

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A _______ is when the Earth turns all the way around or spins on its axis one time.

• rotation

• revolution

• tilt

A ______ is when the Earth travels around, or orbits, the Sun one time.

• rotation

• revolution

• tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1