Space Science Vocab

What is at the center of the Solar System?

• Earth
• Moon
• Sun
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the correct order of the terrestrial planets, in increasing distance from the Sun?  

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
• Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth
• Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Earth's natural satellite is . . .

• The Sun

• Venus

• The Moon

• Aeres

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Where is the largest asteroid in our solar system located?

• In the Kuiper Belt

• Headed straight towards Earth!

• Orbiting the Sun in between Mars and Jupiter

• In the Oort Cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What are comets made of?

• Ice and Dust

• Rock and Metal

• Metal and Ice

• Just Ice

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The Milky Way is . . .

• our solar system

• our universe

• our galaxy

• our constellation

The Kuiper Belt region is . . .

• between mars and Jupiter

• near the Sun

• beyond the Gas Giants

• where most asteroids are

The outer planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What are stars?

• Rocky bodies

• Hot balls of gas that radiate light

• twinkly lights

• satellites of Earth