Matching Pairs THE UNIVERSEOnline version Useful words for year 5 students. #socialstudies #theuniverse by Amalia BM 1 Meteoroid 2 Comet 3 Satellite 4 Meteorite 5 Star 6 Meteor shower 7 Planet 8 GALAXY A meteor becomes a meteorite when it reaches the ground. A giant ball of hot gas and plasma that generates huge amounts of energy through nuclear fusion. A natural or artificial object that is in orbit around a planet. A celestial body made of ice and rock that orbits the Sun. When a comet nears the Sun a coma and tail of gases and dust can be seen. A small rocky object that orbits the Sun that has broken off from a comet or asteroid. A large celestial object that has become rounded due to its gravity and has cleared is nearby region of other smaller objects. Many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart that seem to fall from the same point. A system consisting of a large number of stars bound together by gravity.
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