LEAP Vocab Test 1- 6th

largest star of the solar system which provides solar energy to Earth

• North Star

• Sun

• Moon

• Milky Way

Our galaxy which revolves around the Sun

• galaxy

• orbits

• solar system

• moons

moving around an object

• rotate

• revolve

the attraction any object of mass has for other objects

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• gravitational force

the paths planets and stars take around objects

• orbits

• ellipse

• revolve

• rotate

objects in space with enough mass have gravity

• planets

• dwarf planets

• plutoids

• asteroids

plants smaller in mass with less gravity

• terrestrial planets

• jovian planets

• sun

• dwarf planets

small, round planets which revolve around the sun

• jovian planets

• terrestrial planets

• plutoids

the inner planets in the solar system

• terrestrial planets

• jovian planets

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

the outer planets in the solar system

• jovian/gas giants

• terrestrial

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.