Science Topic 6 Lesson 2
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