Grade 4 Term 2 Vocab Revision 1

A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star.

• planet
• moon
• star
• super nova

__________________ keeps us from floating out into space.

• Earth
• The sun
• Magnets
• Gravity

The star at the center of our solar system.

• star
• orbit
• sun
• galaxy

The path one body takes in space as it revolves around another body.

• rotate
• revolve
• orbit
• eclipse

Everything that exists, including such things as stars, planets, dust, gas, and energy.

• galaxy
• universe
• solar system
• moon phase

A huge ball of very hot gasses in space.

• moon
• planet
• crater
• star

A large collection of stars, gases, and dust that are part of the universe bound together by gravitational forces

• galaxy

• solar system

• planet

• star

Jupiter travels in a (n) ... around the sun.

• orbit

• planet

• journey

• atmosphere

The sun and planets make up our ....

• galaxy

• outer space

• solar system

• space station

... is a small chunk of dust and ice that orbits or travels around the sun and has a long tail.

• A black hole

• A meteoroid

• A planet

• A comet