Solar System Vocabulary Quiz

A chunk of rock or metal that orbits the sun.

• asteroid

• rotation

• star

• axis

An imaginary line that goes through the North and South Pole.

• comet

• orbit

• axis

• rotation

A large ball of ice and dust that orbits the sun.

• revolution

• planet

• star

• comet

A group of stars that form a pattern.

• constellation

• asteroid

• star

• planet

The path an object takes around another object.

• constellation

• Earth

• orbit

• solar system

A large body of rock or gas that orbits the sun.

• star

• revolution

• planet

• sun

The movement of one object around another.

• solar system

• constellation

• revolution

• asteroid

The spinning of an object on it's axis.

• orbit

• rotation

• planet

• comet

The sun and objects that orbit the sun.

• planet

• star

• constellation

• solar system

A hot ball of burning gas

• asteroid

• rotation

• star

• planet