What is the solar system?
The Sun and all objects that orbit it.
What is an orbit?
The path of an object around another object due to gravity.
What is a planet?
A large body that orbits the Sun and has cleared its orbit.
What is a dwarf planet?
A body that orbits the Sun but has not cleared its orbit.
What is a moon?
A natural satellite that orbits a planet.
What is an asteroid?
A small rocky body orbiting the Sun.
What is a comet?
An icy body that orbits the Sun and develops a tail.
What is gravity?
The force of attraction between masses.
What is a telescope?
A device that collects and magnifies light from distant objects.
What is a light‑year?
The distance light travels in one year.
What is a galaxy?
A huge system of stars
What is the Milky Way?
The galaxy that contains our solar system.
What is a lunar eclipse?
When Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon.
What is a solar eclipse?
When the Moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth.
What is a satellite?
An object that orbits a planet or star.
What is space technology?
Tools humans create to explore space.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
The leading explanation for the universe’s origin.
What causes seasons?
The tilt of Earth’s axis as it orbits the Sun.
What is rotation?
Spinning of Earth on its axis.
What is revolution?
Earth’s orbit around the Sun.