Earth in space- vocabulary sheet

Match the word to its correct definition.

Axis ____
Earth ____
Gravity ____
Sunset ____
Orbit ____
Sunrise _____
Solar System _____
Sphere ____

1. The force that pulls towards the centre of.
2. When the Earth moves around so it isn’t lit by the sun.
3. An imaginary line through the Earth which runs from pole to pole.
4. When our part of the Earth moves around so it is lit by the sun.
5. The path an object takes around another object in space.
6. A shape like a ball.
7. A system of planets which revolve around a star (or sun).

Now use a dictionary to find out what these space words mean .

Planet
Asteroid
Eclipse
Satellite