Download Space Check -up (Fill in the blank)

Name _________________________________ Space Check -up
Match words with pictures by using the letters. Fill in the Blanks
A. craters
F. planet
L. moon
B. universe
C. comet D. asteroid E. gravity
G. solar system H. galaxy I. satellite J. rotation K. star
M. crescent moon N. gibbous moon O. constellation
solar energy
sun spots
moon
solar system
rotation
planet
sun
1. The _______________________ is the largest object you can see
in the night sky.
2. The sun and the planets are called _________________________.
3. ____________________________ is light and heat from the sun.
4. A _______________________ is the star closest to Earth.
5. The spinning of the earth is called _______________________ .
6. A _____________________ is a large ball (rock or gas) that
follows a path around the sun.
7. Cool spots on the sun are called _________________________.
Name ___________________________Teacher/section ___-_____
crater
Earth
Pluto
star
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
8. _______________________ is the largest planet.
9. _____________________ is a dwarf planet.
10.
Big balls of hot gases are _______________________ .
11. A _____________________ is a hole or indention on a planet or
a moon made by a large rock.
12. The hottest planet is ___________________________.
13. _____________________ is called the water planet.
14. ________________________ is the red planet.
waning
asteroid belt constellation
moon
waxing
15. _________________ means the moon is getting bigger.
16. A _______________________ are stars that form a star
picture.
17. The ________________is a natural satellite.
18. __________________ means the moon is getting smaller.
19. Ceres, the dwarf planet, is in the _______________________.
20. It takes the moon about
1
( day,
month,
year ) to go around
the Earth.
21. Extra Credit:
Waxing Crescent Moon
New Moon
Waning Gibbous Moon