Unit 3: Solar System Review

Front

What model of the solar system states that the sun is at the center?

Back

Heliocentric model

Front

What celestial body is composed of ice and cosmic dust?

Back

Comet

Front

What is the name of the layer of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs?

Back

Core

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Front

True or False: There is only one star in our solar system.

Back

True

Front

Who proposed the geocentric model of the solar system, stating that the Earth is at the center?

Back

Ptolemy

Front

What is the term for the path that planets take around the sun?

Back

Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Front

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Back

Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Front

What is the main component of the sun?

Back

Hydrogen

Front

What is the term for the region of space beyond Neptune that contains many small icy bodies?

Back

Kuiper Belt

Front

What is the name of the fourth planet from the sun?

Back

Mars