Solar System Study Stack
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| An object in space that circles around a planet | moon
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| Gravity between two objects is affected by these two things | mass and distance
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| The system of objects around the Sun | solar system
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| The path that one object takes around another | orbit
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| An object stays in orbit because the pull of gravity is balanced by this | inertia
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| Gravitational pull from this keeps the Earth in orbit | Sun
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| A mixture of ice, dust, and rock that circles the Sun | comet
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| An object that produces its own heat and light energy | star
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| The force of attraction between two objects | gravity
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| What do we call the smashing together of atoms in the Sun? | fusion
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| A rock that orbits the Sun, and lies in a belt between Mars and Jupiter | asteroid
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| Meteoroids that are caught by Earth's gravity and fall through its atmosphere | meteors
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| Is our Sun smaller than average, average, or larger than average compared to other stars in the universe? | average
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| Give the names of the planets in order of their distance from the Sun | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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| What makes the planets stay in orbit around the Sun? | A planet stays in orbit because the pull of gravity is balanced by its forward motion (inertia)
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| The largest body in our solar system | Sun
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| What is the star at the center of our solar system composed of? | hydrogen and helium
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| This force is responsible for the orbits of the planets around the Sun | gravity
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| Name three other objects in the solar system, besides the Sun and planets | comets, asteroids, meteoroids
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