Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words

"The Planets in Our Solar System"

satellite: A natural object that moves around a planet

comets: Bright objects in space which have long tails of light and move around the sun

telescope: A tool that makes faraway objects look closer and larger

easily: Without trouble or hard work / when something is not hard for you to do

probably: Something which is likely to happen or be true

meteoroids: Objects made of bits of rock and metal, these objects sometimes move around the sun

solar system: The sun and all the planets, comets, and satellites that circle it

asteroids: One of the many small rocks that move around the sun

dim: Having or giving little light / not bright

temperature: A measure of how hot or cold things are

main: The most important (thing)

farther: When there are two objects, the one that is a greater distance away