The Solar System

The curved path in which a planet, satellite, or spacecraft moves in a circle around another body is known as _____.

Which is the third planet from the sun?

A _ is a body in space that is made up of dust and gas, travels around the sun, and sometimes forms a long, bright tail.

The four planets closest to the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, make up the ___

The Earth is the center of our solar system.

An ___ is a small, rocky planet-like body that circles the sun and is most likely found between Jupiter and Mars.

A dwarf planet is different from a planet.

What is the sun?

A ___ is a dark image cast on a surface when the sun or other natural light source is blocked.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, the four planets farthest from the sun, make up the ___.

Mars is called the red planet because it has red ___.

Over ___ Earths could fit across the sun.

A large body in outer space that circles around the sun or another star is called a _____

A ___ is a body of hot gases that makes it own light and heat.

Why are the four planets in the outer solar system colder than the other planets?

Which four planets are in the inner solar system?

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called gas giants because ___.

A real or imaginary line through the center of an object around which the object turns is known as the ___.

What is in our solar system?

A collection of billions of stars and other matter held together by gravity is known as a ___.