Objects in Space

The four planets closest to the Sun are called...

• Outer Planets

• Moons

• Inner Planets

Which is larger, the Solar System or the Milky Way galaxy?

• The Solar System, because it includes all the planets

• The Solar System, because the Sun is the biggest star

• The Milky Way, because it contains more than 200 billion stars including the Sun and solar system

• The Milky Way, because it contains only stars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the best mixture of gases, ice, dust, rock that orbits the sun?

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A meteoroid is...

• A small rocky or metallic object that orbits the Sun

• A meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere(Shooting Stars)

• A meteor that strikes Earth's surface

Meteors

• Strike the Earth's surface

• Are meteoroids that enter Earth's atmosphere

• Are small rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Meteorites

• Strike the Earth's surface

• Enter Earth's atmosphere

• Are small rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Outer planets are also called...

• gas giants because they consist mostly of gas

• terrestrial or rocky planets because they are mostly made of rock

• Comets

Which planet most likely has more moons than the others?

• Jupiter because it is an outer planet

• Earth because it has oxygen and liquid water

• Mercury because it is closest to the sun

• Venus because it has many volcanoes

Our Solar system and Galaxy both

• Have evidence of life

• Have black holes

• Lack planets

• Move around a central point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of following causes holes on Earth's surface?

• Meteoroids

• Meters

• Meteorites

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2