| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| magnify | make an object appear larger |
| telescope | a tool that makes distant objects appear larger |
| space probe | a craft that travel in space with instruments, but not people |
| astronomer | Scientist who study stars, the Moon and the planets. |
| inner planets | Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars gets lots of heat & close to from the Sun |
| outer planets | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune cold & dark far away from the Sun |
| gas giants | a very large planet mostly made of gases Outer planets are gas giants. |
| solar system | The Sun, planets, moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun |
| orbit | is to move in a path around something |
| rotate | to turn on an axis |
| revolve | to move in a path around the other objects |
| axis | an imaginary line through the center of an object |
