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Vocabulary: Solar System
a. revolution
f. universe
k. galaxy
b. axis
g. Milky Way
l. astronomical
unit
Name ________________________
c. tilt
h. constellation
m. solar system
d. rotation
i. light year
n. satellite
e. eclipse
j. comet
o. asteroid
p. Hubble Space
Telescope
________ the imaginary line that Earth spins around an whose tilt is responsible for the Earth’s
seasons
________ a unit equal to the distance that light travels in a year, which is used to measure the
distances between galaxies
________ an event that happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth or Earth
passes between the sun and the moon, producing a shadow
________ the eight planets and numerous other objects such as asteroids, that circle the sun
________ an object in the solar system made up of ice, dust, and frozen gases that develops a
tail of light when it swings close to the sun and is pushed on by the solar wind
________ the spinning of earth on its imaginary axis, which occurs once every 24 hours and
causes day and night as Earth moves toward or away from the sun
_______ pieces of rock found mostly in the area that lies between Mars and Jupiter and that are
made up of minerals similar to those that formed the planets
_______ a group of stars, such as the Big Dipper, that forms a pattern in the sky and may be
named after a real or imaginary animal, person, or object
_______ this causes the seasons on the Earth
_______ a unit of measure equal to 150 million km, which is the average distance from Earth to
the sun, and that is used to measure the distances between the planets
_______ an object that is launched into space to gather information and send it back to Earth
_______ a group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
_______ the movement of earth in a regular, curved path around the sun, which takes one year
to complete
_______ the name for the galaxy in which Earth resides
_______ this includes all of the galaxies plus their stars
_______a large telescope, the size of a bus, that travels around earth every 95 minutes to take
pictures of space to help astronomers understand our universe even more