Solar System

The gases that surround a planet

The shape of the path the Earth takes around the Sun

A large planet made of gases (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)

A large ball of glowing gas that gives off thermal (heat) and radiant (light) energy

What are the first four planets in our solar system know as?

One full orbit (circle) around another object.  

The imaginary line running straight through the Earth from the North pole to the South pole

A star and all the satellites that orbit it

What is at the center of our solar system? 

A frozen chunk of ice, dust, and gases that orbits the sun

What separates the inner planet from the outer planets?

What do you call a planet made of rock?

The time it takes the Earth to completely travel around the sun

A large rock in outer space that orbits the sun

Which planet has a big storm on it? 

The central star in our solar system

A natural or manmade object that revolves (orbits) another object of larger size

A natural satellite of a planet because it orbits the planet

The spinning motion of an object on its axis

A scientist who studies and observes space