Vocabulary 4/28

Choose the correct spelling:

• revolution

• revalution

• revulotion

• revolotion

We measure one YEAR on Earth based on the __________ of the planet.

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

We determine the length of a DAY on Earth based on the ________ of the planet.

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

The moon is considered a:

• planet

• asteroid

• comet

• satellite

In our ________ you can find planets, stars, gasses, and dust.

• galaxy

• orbit

• cosmic

• rotation

What was it that caused scientists to realize the Earth orbited the Sun and not the sun that orbited the Earth?

• Pictures from NASA

• the Stellar Paralax

• the stellar paradox

• sundials

A _____ is a cosmic object that is made of ice.

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

• satellite

What pulls us to the center of the Earth at all times?

• A nasty Clown

• gravity

• galaxy

• the stellar paralax

Between Mars and Jupiter there is a belt full of ________ orbiting the sun.

• space dust

• asteroids

• meteors

• comets

True or False:

A satellite can be man made or natural.

• True

• False