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Solar System Vocabulary

Authored by Pam Hamilton

Science

4th - 5th Grade

NGSS covered

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Solar System Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

to travel in a closed path around an object such as Earth does as it moves around the sun

revolve

orbit

rotate

axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the path one body in space takes as it revolves around another body; such as that of Earth as it revolves around the sun

rotate

axis

orbit

planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the spinning of Earth on its axis

axis

planets

rotate

eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South poles

orbit

sunspot

axis

satellite

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

large, round bodies that revolve around a star

comets

planets

asteroids

sunspot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

everything that exists--planets, stars, dust, gases, and energy

galaxy

light-year

satellite

universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a group of stars, gas, and dust

universe

galaxy

planets

comets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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