Space vocabulary Unit 1, and Unit 2

The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it is know as what?

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A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity is known as what?

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Space and all the matter and energy in it is known as what?

This is known as a large spherical body that orbits a star.

• solar system

• universe

• planet

• galaxy

Match the vocab word with the correct definition.

• light-year

• The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space.

• Milky Way

• A large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light.

• gravity

• The spiral galaxy in which we live that includes the sun, solar system, and starts.

• star

• The distance that light travels in one year.

• orbit

• A force of attraction between objects due to their masses and distance between them.

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What is the inward force that is required to keep an object in a circular path and not flying off in a straight line? (a)  

• centripetal force
• gravity
• mass
• orbit

Match the vocab word with the correct definition.

• revolution

• The motion of a body that travels around another body in space.

• axis

• An imaginary line in which an object rotates on.

• atmosphere

• A straight line passing from side to side through the center of a circle or sphere.

• rotation

• The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

• diameter

• The spinning of a large body such as a planet on its axis.

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What do we call the average distance between Earth and the sun that is approximately 150km away?

• diameter

• light - year

• axis

• astronomical unit (au)

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the highly dense planets nearest the sun, and are known as what type of planets?

What are large spherical bodies called that orbit a star?

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