T4L3: Objects in Our Solar System

A small comet traveling toward the Sun

A cloud of gas floating in space

A bright star that makes its own light

A large rocky object orbiting a planet

It keeps Earth from rotating

It makes Earth’s gravity stronger everywhere

It warms Earth with reflected sunlight

It stabilizes Earth’s wobbling motion

Magnetism attracting metals

Friction slowing things down

Wind pushing from the Sun

Gravity pulling objects together

Moon in Latin language

Light in ancient Rome

Sky in Greek myths

Planet in old stories

Most planets have at least one moon

No planets have more than one moon

Moons are rarer than comets

Only Earth has a natural moon

The collision stopped Earth from spinning

Mars sent its moon to Earth’s sky

Moons always appear from captured asteroids

Debris could gather into an orbiting moon

Melting from the Sun’s heat

Rainfall weathering the ground

Wind erosion carving rocky surfaces

Impacts from space objects over time

Device to see things that are far away

Machine to measure heavy objects

Instrument to move planets in space

Tool to create brighter light rays

A chunk of rock in space orbiting the sun

A small moon made by volcanoes

A ball of ice that melts in Earth’s air

A cloud of gas drifting between stars

Between Mars and Jupiter

Beyond Neptune’s orbit

Inside Mercury’s orbit

Between Earth and Mars