The Solar System

Meteoroids that are caught by earth's gravity and fall through its atmosphere are called

a device that uses lenses to focus light so that distant objects can be seen is an

a closed curved orbit shaped something like an egg is a(n)

the system around the sun is the

what are burst of the heat and light energy that extend from the surface of the sun

The force attraction between two objects due to their mass is

What do we call an object that produces its own heat and light energy?

A rock that orbits the sun, and lies in a belt between mars and Jupiter is a(n)

What do we call the smashing together of atoms in the sun?

any object in space that circles another object is a(n)

the rise and fall of the ocean's surface is a(n)

A mixture of ice, dust, and rock that circles the Sun is a(n)