| A | B |
|---|
| Milky Way | our solar system...one sun and eight planets |
| Pluto | not considered a true planet; a DWARF planet |
| Sun | the CENTER of our solar system |
| planet | a large body of rock or gas with a nearly-round shape that REVOLVES or moves around a star |
| orbit | the nearly circular path of an object as it moves around another |
| INNER Planets | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars (made of solid rocky material) |
| OUTER Planets | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune ("gas giants") |
| Earth's moon | the Earth's natural satellite that orbits the Earth (uses light REFLECTed by the SUN) |
| crater | a hollow area, or pit, in the ground made by chunks of rock hitting its surface |
| asteroids | chunks of rock or metal |
| comets | ice mixed with bits of rock and dust |
| meteors | small pieces of rock or metal broken off from comets or asteroids |
| Jupiter | huge gas giant with huge RED SPOT thought to be a twister the size of our Texas (Jupiter has the most moons) |
| Saturn | the RINGed planet |
