Chapter 16 Vocabulary Test

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a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth’s atmosphere

life that exists on other planets

a model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars

a chunk of rock or dust in space

a doughnut shaped region that stretches from around Pluto’s orbit to about 100 times Earth’s distance from the sun.

rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets

a loose collection of ice, dust and small rocky particles

a spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system