P4A - Midterm Review - Vocabulary

How do we call one of many large rocks that circle the sun?

What geological features on celestial bodies, such as the Moon or Mars, are formed by the impact of meteorites or asteroids striking their surfaces?

What term describes a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun?

What type of unmanned spacecraft is designed to explore outer space, gather data about distant celestial bodies, and transmit findings back to Earth?

What term describes someone who studies fossils as a way of getting information about the history of life on Earth?

What do we measure when we want to know how far apart two objects or locations are from each other?

How do you call the thick, heavy soil that is soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked, used for making bricks and containers?

What term refers to in or coming from a place outside the planet Earth?

What's the type of reptile that became extinct about 65,000,000 years ago?

What's the name of the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets?

What's the name of a green precious stone from which jewelry and small decorative items are made?

What term describes a particular set of clothes that has to be worn by the members of the same organization or group of people?

How do you call a particular country's fighting force?

What term describes any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up its frame?

How do you call a person whose job is treating people's teeth?

How do you call a building from which scientists can watch the planets, the stars, the weather, etc.?

What's the the natural satellite of the earth?

What term describes the outermost layer or boundary of an object, such as the Earth's crust or the exterior of a planet or moon?