4th Grade Science Vocabulary Chapter 2

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4th Grade Science Vocabulary
Chapter 2
Vocabulary in 4th Grade Science
Ch. 2
Universe
Galaxy
Planet
Revolve
Phase
Axis
Comet
Moon
Constellation
Sun
Star
Solar System
Rotate
Orbit
What do we call a natural body that revolves
around a planet?
Moon
What do we call the star at the center of the
solar system?
Sun
What do we call a pattern of stars that form
an imaginary picture of design in the sky?
Constellation
What do we call a huge ball of very hot
gases in space?
Star
What do we call a star and all the planets
and other objects that revolve around it?
Solar System
What do we call a large body that revolves
around a star?
Planet
What do we call a ball of ice, rock, and
frozen gases that orbits the sun?
Comet
What do we call an imaginary line that runs
through the center of Earth from the North
Pole to the South Pole?
Axis
What do we call the path of one object in
space around another object?
Orbit
What do we call spinning around an axis?
Rotate
What do we call traveling in a closed path?
Revolve
What do we call one of the shapes the moon
seems to have as it orbits Earth?
Phase
What do we call a grouping of gas, dust, and
main stars, plus any objects that orbit those
stars?
Galaxy
What do we call everything that exists in
space?
Universe
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