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The path a planet takes as it revolves around the sun
a) orbit
b) eclipse
c) rotate
d) revolve

Huge ball of glowing gas that gives off light and heat
a) planet
b) asteroid
c) star
d) comet

Object that travels around another object in space
a) rotate
b) aphelion
c) star
d) satellite

All the gases around a planet
a) crater
b) atmosphere
c) perihelion
d) gravity

Imaginary line around which a planet rotates
a) axis
b) moon
c) Prime Meridian
d) equator

Time it takes a planet to rotate once
a) year
b) solstice
c) night
d) day

Force that keeps each planet in its path around the Sun
a) year
b) gravity
c) star
d) comet

Frozen chunk of dust, ice, and gases that revolves around the Sun
a) comet
b) moon
c) planet
d) star

Bowl-shaped hole formed when a space object hit a planet
a) sinkhole
b) planet
c) gas giant
d) crater

Time it takes for a planet to complete one revolution around the Sun
a) day
b) month
c) hour
d) year

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