Solar System

A meteoroid that burns up in Earth's atmosphere

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

• meteor shower

These occur when Earth's orbit passes through a group of meteoroids that enter the atmosphere.

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

• meteor shower

Name given to small pieces of an old comet as they move through space.

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

• meteor shower

A meteoroid that strikes the surface of a moon or planet

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

• meteor shower

A piece of rock made up of material similar to which formed the planets.

• asteroid

• meteor

• comet

• meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Space object formed from dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water, methane, and ammonia.

• asteroid

• meteor

• comet

• meteorite

System of 8 planets including Earth and other objects that revolve around the sun.

• Oort Cloud

• Solar System

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A large collection of comets that completely surround the solar system by the orbit of Pluto.

• Oort Cloud

• Solar System

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

This person proposed the Sun-centered model of the solar system.

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

• Neil deGrasse Tyson

This person discovered that planet orbits were elliptical and that the Sun was not directly in the center of the orbits.

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

• Neil deGrasse Tyson

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2