Space! - Satellites, meteoroids, and comets

What is a body that orbits a larger body called?

• moon

• comet

• asteroid

• satellite

What are the varying shapes that the moon portrays, depending on the amount of sunlight reflected off of it, called?

• phases

• crescents

• new moons

• waxing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Small, rocky bodies that are often pieces of matter detached from passing comets or collided asteroids

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

• comet

Natural satellites that many planets have are known as

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Moons

• Meteors

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which side of the moon always faces Earth?

• Far-side

• Near-side

• Full moon

• New moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune's orbit that includes thousands of comets and the dwarf planets Pluto and Eris

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Neptune's atmosphere

Small bodies of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that orbit the sun and can be long-period or short-period

• Meteors

• Meteorites

• Comets

• Asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A dark area that appears on the moon

• Shadow

• Mare

• Crescent

• Waning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the moon is at the furthest point away from Earth along its elliptical orbit, it is at...

• apogee

• perigee

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up, emitting a trail of light behind it, they become

• Meteorites

• Meteors

• Asteroids

• Comets