Space Vocabulary

Question 0

The Sun and its family of orbiting planets, moons, and other objects.

Answer 0

Solar system

Question 1

the path of an object in space as it moves around another object because of gravity.

Answer 1

Orbit

Question 2

Millions or billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity.

Answer 2

Galaxy

Question 3

Space and all the matter and energy in it.

Answer 3

Universe

Question 4

A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky.

Answer 4

Constellation

Question 5

A device that gathers electromagnetic radiation.

Answer 5

Telescope

Question 6

an oval or flattened circle

Answer 6

Ellipse

Question 7

Astronomical Unit

Answer 7

Earth’s average distance from the Sun, which is approximately 150 million kilometers

Question 8

Earth or a planets similar to Earth that has a rocky surface.The four planets in the inner solar system- Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Answer 8

Terrestrial Planets

Question 9

The process of molten material moving from a space body’s hot interior onto its surface

Answer 9

Volcanism

Question 10

The processes in which the motion of hot material under a crust changes the crust of a space body

Answer 10

Tectonics