Space Vocabulary Practice Third Grade

To spin around an axis, or fixed point.

• gravity

• merry go round

• rotate

• revolve

Huge explosions on the sun's surface.

• Firestorms

• Fireworks

• Sun Spots

• Solar Flares

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The path of an object around a particular point in space. Everything in our Solar System does this around the sun.

• orbit

• gravity

• rotate

• race

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Areas of the sun that are cooler.

• solar flares

• solar system

• sun spots

• rotate

The Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around the sun.

• space

• planets

• Solar System

• stars

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The mixture of gases that surrounds a planet.

• atmosphere

• helium

• gravity

• clouds

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The force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth.

• atmosphere

• Solar System

• weight

• gravity

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The terrestrial planets.

• The planets with aliens on them.

• The four planets closest to the sun.

• The four planets farthest from the sun.

• Pluto and Deimos

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The "gas giants".

• Mercury, Earth, and Neptune

• The four planets farthest away from the sun.

• Planets with tummy issues.

• Planets that are very hot.

Small, rocky bodies that orbit, or travel around, the sun.

• Space Mountains

• satellites

• asteroids

• constellations

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