Science Chapter 23 Vocab

Question 1

A natural satellite

Answer 1

Moon

Question 2

A meteor that survives the fall through the earth’s atmosphere and hits the ground

Answer 2

Meteorite

Question 3

A spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies

Answer 3

Dwarf planet

Question 4

An object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, nor a dwarf planet planet, nor a satellite

Answer 4

SSSB

Question 5

Any of the minor planets that orbit the sun, mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

Answer 5

Asteroid

Question 6

One of the eight most massive bodies orbiting the sun

Answer 6

Planet

Question 7

A mass of stone or metal that orbits the sun and which can become a meteor if it enters the earth’s atmosphere

Answer 7

Meteoroid

Question 8

Gas giants

Answer 8

Jovian planet

Question 9

A mass of stone or metal that enters the earth’s atmosphere from space and glows as it falls through the earth’s atmosphere; a “shooting star”

Answer 9

Meteor

Question 10

A relatively small, icy body having a very eccentric orbit around the sun

Answer 10

Comet

Question 11

Planets that are earth’s size or smaller and about the same density as earth; Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Answer 11

Terrestrial planet