Space Exploration and the Solar System

Any object that revolves around another object

• orbiter
• satellite
• moon
• stalker

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

First artificial satellite launched into space

• Laika
• Sergei
• Sigmund
• Sputnik

Instrument that travels into the solar system, gathers information and sends it back to Earth

• Space shuttle
• Rocket
• Space ship
• Space probe

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which is the second closest planet to the sun?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Venus
• Mercury

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus
• Mercury
• Neptune
• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which is the fourth planet from the sun?

• Mars
• Saturn
• Earth
• Jupiter

Which planet is fifth from the sun?

• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Mars
• Earth

Which is the sixth planet from the sun?

• Earth
• Uranus
• Saturn
• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is seventh from the sun?

• Saturn
• Earth
• Venus
• Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3