Generation Genius: The Solar System Vocabulary

Gravity is the force that holds the solar system together.

What does the solar system consist of?

The force between two masses by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center

a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one

a region in the solar system between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars that contains asteroids

a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity

Our solar system is part of the __________________ galaxy, which is one of billions of galaxies in the universe.