Outer Space Quiz by Cassie

Choose the biggest celestial thing below:

• galaxy

• comet

• universe

• solar system

The Milky Way is the name of our ______________________.

• solar system

• galaxy

Any star could have planets orbiting it. These are ___________________________.

• galaxies

• asteroids

• solar systems

• universes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Mars, Earth, Jupiter. All of these are __________________.

• comets

• stars

• planets

• asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A celestial body that orbits a planet is a _________________.

• moon

• star

• black hole

• solar system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Small, rocky objects that orbit the sun are ____________________.

• asteroids

• meteroids

Small, rocky objects that move through a solar system are ________________________.

• asteroids

• meteoroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This is an icy rock that gives off gases that form tails behind it when it gets close enough to the sun.

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

• moon

Pluto is an example of a ___________________________.

• comet

• dwarf planet

• planet

• moon

The magnetic field on earth along with solar flares from the sun create beautiful ____________________________.

• comets

• auroras

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3