Unit 8 Space Vocab

What is the layer of gases surrounding a planet called?

• Asteroid

• Atmosphere

• Comet

• Debris

What is a rocky object that orbits the sun, usually found between Mars and Jupiter?

• Comet

• Dwarf Planet

• Asteroid

• Exoplanet

What is a small celestial body made of ice, dust, and gas that forms a bright cloud and sometimes a tail?

• Comet

• Debris

• Elliptical

• Inner Planets

What is the habitable zone where a planet's distance from a star allows water to remain liquid?

• Gravitational Attraction

• Goldilocks Zone

• Inner Planets

• Atmosphere

What is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

• Gravitational Attraction

• Gravity

• Atmosphere

• Debris

What term describes something that can support life?

• Habitable

• Elliptical

• Exoplanet

• Comet

What is the Kuiper Belt?

• A region filled with gas giants

• A region beyond Neptune with icy bodies

• A magnetic field around Earth

• A distant shell of icy objects

What is a magnetic field?

• A region around a celestial body with magnetic forces

• A small particle from space

• A natural satellite of Earth

• A path an object takes around another

What is a meteor?

• A small rock in space

• A natural satellite

• A small particle that burns up in Earth's atmosphere

• A distant shell of icy objects

What is an orbit?

• A natural satellite

• A path an object takes as it revolves around another

• A small rock or particle from space

• A region filled with small icy bodies