Celestial Bodies

Question 1

Planetary/solar system

Answer 1

A planetary system is all celestial bodies that orbit a star because of the star’s gravity

Question 2

Planet

Answer 2

Orbits a star
Has a large enough mass to be spherical
Cleared the region around its orbit of other celestial bodies

Question 3

Dwarf planet

Answer 3

Small planet that doesn’t meet all planet criteria

Question 4

Exoplanet

Answer 4

Orbits a star other than the sun

Question 5

Habitable zone

Answer 5

Region of space that could support life

Question 6

Asteroids

Answer 6

Large lumps of rock + metal, smaller than planets, that orbit the Sun

Question 7

Meteoroid

Answer 7

Smaller lumps of rock that orbit the sun

Question 8

Meteor

Answer 8

Shooting star

Question 9

Meteorite

Answer 9

Remainder of a meteor that lands on the Earth

Question 10

Comet

Answer 10

Large clumps of ice, gas + dust that orbit the sun

Question 11

Moon

Answer 11

Natural satellite that orbits a planet

Question 12

Natural satellites

Answer 12

Naturally occurring object that orbits the earth

Question 13

Tidally locked

Answer 13

1 side of the moon always faces the earth