Solar System Virginia 6th Grade

meteoroid

• a rock in space

• a type of star

• a planet's moon

• a comet's tail

Celestial Body

• objects that exist in space AND orbit around a star.

• a type of meteorological phenomenon

• a man-made object in space

• a natural satellite of a planet

planet

• a large round object that orbits a star and DO NOT produce their own light

• a small rocky object that orbits a planet

• a celestial body that produces its own light

• a large mass of gas that floats in space

The planets listed in order from the Sun

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury

• Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune

meteorite

• a rock that actually fell to Earth and did not burn up in the atmosphere

• a type of star that burns brightly in the sky

• a piece of space debris that orbits the Earth

• a meteor that disintegrated before reaching the ground

orbital period

• the time it takes for a planet to complete one full orbit around the Sun or star.

• the distance a planet travels in a year.

• the speed at which a planet rotates on its axis.

• the gravitational force exerted by a planet.

rotation

• the motion of a planet spinning on its axis

• the path a planet takes around the sun

• the change in a planet's position over time

• the tilt of a planet's axis

axis

• an imaginary line that goes from the north pole to the south pole

• a physical line drawn on a map

• a type of geographical feature

• a method of measuring time

moon

• A celestial body that orbits a star

• A smaller object in the solar system that orbits planets

• A type of planet that has rings

• A large asteroid in the asteroid belt

mass

• how much matter is in an object

• the weight of an object

• the volume of an object

• the density of an object