The Solar System

Name:

1. The spinning of an object around its axis.

• rotation
• revolution
• meteor
• comet

2. A streak of light caused by a meteoroid burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere.

• rotation
• revolution
• meteor
• comet

3. A celestial object made of ice and dust, often with a glowing tail when near the Sun.

• rotation
• revolution
• meteor
• comet

4. The movement of an object around another object, like the Earth around the Sun.

• rotation
• revolution
• meteor
• comet

5. An object that orbits a planet or star.

• gravity
• inertia
• satellite
• dwarf planet

6. A celestial body that orbits the Sun, has enough mass to be nearly round, but has not cleared its orbit of debris.

• gravity
• inertia
• satellite
• dwarf planet

7. The tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion.

• gravity
• inertia
• satellite
• dwarf planet

8. The force that attracts two bodies toward each other.

• gravity
• inertia
• satellite
• dwarf planet

9. The different appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth.

• umbra
• star
• penumbra
• Phases of the moon