Solar System Vocab (M)

Moving air.

An object in space that makes its own heat and light.

Energy from the sun.

An imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole.

The process of the moon changing shapes as it revolves around the Earth.

The rise and fall of the water level of the ocean near the shore caused by the moons gravity.

Makes up most of the sun's atmosphere.

The center of the Earth.

The path one object takes around another object in space.

The pocket of air that surrounds the Earth.

An area of the surface of the sun that appears darker than other areas.

The spinning of a planet or moon on its axis.

The solid rock that makes up the outer layer of the Earth.

Made of the sun and all objects that are bound to the sun by gravity.

A large explosion in the sun's atmosphere.

The layer of hot flowing rocks beneath the Earth's crust.