Science Topic 6 Lesson 2

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Subject: Natural science > Matter and energy
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Science Topic 6 Lesson 2

__________ is the force that pulls a planet toward the sun.

A planet is moving with great ____________ which prevents it from being pulled in to the sun.

The 4 inner planets include...

The largest inner planet is...

Earth

Mars

Venus

The smallest inner planet is...

Mercury

Earth

Mars

Planets orbit the __________ and moons orbit _________

The farther a planet is from the sun the ___________ its orbit will be.

A moon is a ____________________

The entire solar system relies on ____________ to keep everything in orbit.

Matching.

Match each vocabulary word to the correct definition.

The 4 planets closest to the sun

solar system

The circular mnovement of an object around another object

inner planets

The planets, comets, and asteriods that orbit the sun and the moons that orbit the planets.

orbit

A large round piece of rock that revolves around a planet.

moon