Space Vocabulary Quiz

Force that exists between all objects that have mass

• magnetic force
• frictional force

• gravity

• mass

Huge collection of stars and gas and dust

• Asteroid
• Black hole
• Galaxy
• Planet

amount of matter in an object

• mass
• density
• volume
• weight

Small rocky object that orbits the sun

• Galaxy
• Planet
• Asteroid
• Comet

small rocky ICY object that orbits the sun

• planet
• moon
• comet
• asteroid

The orbit of one object around another object

• gravity

• revolution

• rotation

• mass

When the earth spins around on its own axis

• rotation

• revolution

• meteor

• moon

3 types of galaxies

• Red, blue, and green
• Planetary, lunar, and solar
• Spiral, elliptical, and irregular
• Square, circular, and triangular

A Meteor is

• A type of cloud formation
• A large body of water on earth
• A type of bird found in tropical regions
• A small rocky or metallic body in outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up

An asteroid is

• a large, gaseous planet in our solar system
• a small, rocky object that orbits the Sun
• a type of meteor that enters Earth's atmosphere
• a man-made satellite orbiting the Earth