Solar System

3. A chunk of frozen gases, ice, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit.
4. –a spherical ball of rock and/or gas that orbits a star (Sun).
6. – a regular curved path that revolves around an object.
8. planets – rocky and terrestrial planets that orbit between the Sun and the Asteroid Belt: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
12. – remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of the Earth or the Moon.
14. Planets – gaseous planets that orbit beyond the Asteroid Belt: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
15. Belt - an area of space between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit the Sun. Planet, larger than a meteoroid.
16. – the pull that all objects with mass exert (put) on other matter.
17. Objects – objects located in the sky: planets, moons, stars, comets, asteroids, meteors.
19. – a ball of mostly hydrogen and helium gas that makes its own heat and light.

1. System –made of the 8 planets and numerous other objects that orbit the Sun.
2. - a natural chunk of rock or dust that comes from outside of Earth’s atmosphere.
5. planet - Jovian planets are made up of gasses and are not solid.
7. Planets– Terrestrial planets are like Earth and are made of solid materials.
9. – a natural satellite that orbits a planet.
10. – a small object that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns due to friction; gives off light.
11. – rocky objects orbiting the Sun between the inner and outer planets; smaller than a planet, larger than a meteoroid.
13. – the glowing, heated dust and vapor that surrounds the icy nucleus of a comet as it moves near the Sun. Solar winds cause a tail to form away from the Sun.
18. –the closest star that provides light and heat for our solar system.