Topic 6: Solar System Vocabulary

What is a star?

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

• A giant ball of hot, glowing matter

• A chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

• A chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun

What is the solar system composed of?

• Only the planets that orbit the sun

• The planets, asteroids, and comets that orbit the sun, as well as the planets' moons

• Only the sun and the planets

• Only the asteroids and comets

Which of the following best describes the inner planets?

• The four large planets farthest from the sun that are made of ice and gases

• The four rocky planets closest to the sun

• A chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

What is an orbit?

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

• The curved path of an object around a star, a planet, or a moon

• A chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun

• A trait that can help identify something

What is a moon?

• A giant ball of hot, glowing matter

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

• A chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

• A chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun

Which of the following describes the outer planets?

• The four rocky planets closest to the sun

• The four large planets farthest from the sun that are made of ice and gases

• A chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

What is an asteroid?

• A chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

• A giant ball of hot, glowing matter

• A chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun

What is a comet?

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

• A chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

• A chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun

• A giant ball of hot, glowing matter

What does "apparent" mean?

• A trait that can help identify something

• How something looks

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

• A chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

What are characteristics?

• A trait that can help identify something

• How something looks

• A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

• A chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun