Chapter 11 Science Test Review

What is a meteoroid that lands on the earth's surface?

• comet

• asteroid

• meteorite

• meteor

What is a frozen chunk of ice, dust, or rock that orbits the sun?

• comet

• asteroid

• meteorite

• meteor

What is a group of stars that forms a pattern that looks like an animal, person, or object?

• meteoroid

• comet

• asteroid

• constellation

What is a chunk of rock and metal that orbits the sun?

• comet

• constellation

• asteroid

• meteor

What is a rock fragment of an asteroid or comet?

• meteoroid

• planet

A ______________________ is a glowing ball of burning gases.

• satellite

• star

What is the study of the universe, including the sun, the planets, and all the other objects in space?

• astronomy

• botany

A galaxy that looks like a pinwheel and has arms that branch out from the center is called a ______________ galaxy.

• galaxy

• Big Dipper

• spiral

• irregular

The constellation that is part of Ursa Major is the ________________________.

• galaxy

• Big Dipper

• spiral

• irregular

The Milky Way is the name of Earth's ________________________.

• galaxy

• Big Dipper

• spiral

• irregular