GR 5 SCI VOCABULARY GALACTIC GUIDE

The star at the center of the solar system that supplies light & heat to the Earth is the...

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

• North Star

What is a ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat?

• Planet

• Moon

• Star

• Comet

The third planet from the Sun and the only planet in the solar system where life exists is...

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

The northernmost point on the Earth as determined by the planet's rotation is the...

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

The southernmost point on the Earth as determined by the planet's rotation is the...

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Equator

• Antarctic Circle

An imaginary line that a sphere rotates around is called the...

• Orbit

• Axis

• Horizon

• Revolution

Making a complete spin on an axis is called...

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Gravity

The line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet is the...

• Orbit

• Axis

• Horizon

• Revolution

Earth’s movement around the Sun is called...

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Gravity

The path an object takes as it revolves around another object in space is called...

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Gravity