chapter 2 vocabulary

Question 1

Star

Answer 1

Is a ball of hot gases that gives off light and other types of energy

Question 2

Universe

Answer 2

Is everything that exists through space

Question 3

Galaxy

Answer 3

Is a star system that contains large groups of stars

Question 4

Planet

Answer 4

Is a large nearly round space object that orbits a star

Question 5

Moon

Answer 5

Is a large rocky object that orbits a planet

Question 6

Dwarf planet

Answer 6

Is an object that orbits the sun is larger then an asteroid and smaller then a planet and has a nearly round shape