Matching Pairs THE UNIVERSEOnline version Useful words for year 5 students. #socialstudies #theuniverse by Amalia BM 1 GALAXY 2 Star 3 Meteoroid 4 Meteorite 5 Meteor shower 6 Comet 7 Satellite 8 Planet A meteor becomes a meteorite when it reaches the ground. 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 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 large celestial object that has become rounded due to its gravity and has cleared is nearby region of other smaller objects. A small rocky object that orbits the Sun that has broken off from a comet or asteroid. A system consisting of a large number of stars bound together by gravity. Many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart that seem to fall from the same point.
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