Stars & Planets Vocabulary Pre-Test

What is the imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth on which it rotates?

• planet

• equator

• axis

• pole

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What do you call a group of stars in the sky that form a pattern or image?

• universe

• constellation

• orbit

• galaxy

What do we call the Sun and all of the planets, moons, and stars that are around it?

• solar system

• constellation

• orbit

• hemisphere

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There are 2 types of ______. Man-made objects like the Hubble Space Telescope and natural objects like the moon.

When the Earth spins on its axis it is __________.

• Revolving

• Wondering

• Flying

• Rotating

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We live in the Milky Way _______, which is a system of stars, dust, and gas which is held together by gravity.

• Galaxy

• System

• Telescope

• Universe

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We live on Earth, which is a ______ that revolves around the Sun.

• star

• planet

• moon

• comet

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The _____ is ALL of space and everything in it, including stars and planets.

• constellation

• satellite

• orbit

• universe

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The Sun is the largest ____. It is a huge ball of gas that gives off heat and light.

• planet

• moon

• star

• asteroid

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The path that the Earth, and other planets, take around the Sun is called an ______.

• road

• orbit

• rotate

• constellation

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