Elevate Science T6 Solar System Vocabulary Review

a chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

a giant ball or hot glowing matter--

a term that refers to hot, glowing matter

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

What word means "a trait that can help identify something?"

a trait that can help identify something--

the four rocky planets closest to the sun

The reason Earth is called an inner planet is because it is closer to the sun than all of the outer planets.

What is a chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun?

What do we call a chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun?

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

the name given the 4 large planets farthest from the sun

What is the term for the curved path of an object around a star, moon, or planet?

chunks of rock, dust and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun

how something looks--

the planets, asteroids, and comets that orbit the sun

What word means "how something looks?"

a large, round piece of rock or ice that revolves around a planet--