Universe, step 6 (solar system)

Question 1

an object in space made mostly of ice and dust. Has a nucleus & tail. Tail points away from sun

Accepted Answer

comet

Question 2

an object that orbits the sun but is too small to be a planet, usually found in Kuiper Belt

Accepted Answer

asteroid

Question 3

A celestial body that rotates around a planet

Accepted Answer

moon

Question 4

A regular, repeating path that an object in space follows around another object

Accepted Answer

orbit

Question 5

11 correct out of 14 to avoid the dreaded paper test

Accepted Answer

Sure thing!

Question 6

The set of all points on a plane whose distance from two focal points add up to a constant.

Accepted Answer

ellipse

Question 7

The amount of matter an object has

Accepted Answer

mass

Question 8

The attractive force that exists between any two objects that have mass.

Accepted Answer

gravity

Question 9

Which of the following orbits around the SUN?

Accepted Answer

all of them

Question 10

The star at the center of our solar system

Accepted Answer

sun

Question 11

Which of the following orbits around a PLANET?

Accepted Answer

moon

Question 12

A celestial object that rotates around a star but is too small to be a planet, ex. Pluto

Accepted Answer

dwarf planet

Question 13

a massive collection of matter that revolves around a star like Mercury, Venus, Earth & others

Accepted Answer

planet

Question 14

A force created by gravity

Accepted Answer

weight

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