Space
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
S
t
r
Twinkling lights in the night sky
2.
o
v
a
A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in
3.
C
o
e
A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun
4.
P
l
n
e
Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine
5.
M
e
o
r
Any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
6.
a
l
a
y
A collection of star systems
7.
M
o
n
Natural satellite that orbits the Earth
8.
U
n
v
r
e
Everything that exists anywhere
11.
i
n
g
A characteristic sound (plural)
12.
t
e
r
o
d
s
Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (plural)
15.
r
i
t
s
The path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another (plural)
16.
S
u
e
r
o
v
A star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process
17.
u
p
i
t
e
The largest planet and the 5th from the sun
18.
N
e
p
u
e
A giant planet with a ring of ice particles
19.
r
t
h
The planet we live on
20.
M
r
s
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (plural)
21.
V
u
s
The second nearest planet to the sun
22.
U
a
u
s
A giant planet with a ring of ice particles
23.
S
t
r
n
A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles
24.
M
e
r
c
r
The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun