Grade 5 Unit 12 ScienceFusion Vocabulary

What do solar systems contain?

• Just a star

• A planet with stars revolving it

• A star and all the planets and other objects around it.

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What is a planet?

• A large, round body that revolves around a star

• A chunk of frozen gases, rock ice, and dust.

• Nearly round bodies whose orbits cross orbits of other bodies

• Huge balls of hot, glowing gases that product their own heat and light.

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What are the inner planets of our solar system?

• Mars

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mercury

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What are the outer planets of our solar system?

• Pluto

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Uranus

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What are stars?

• Huge balls of hot, glowing gases that produce their own heat and light.

• Twinkling planets in the night sky.

• Small balls that produce no light.

What is a galaxy?

• A group of only planets.

• A group of billions of stars.

• A synonym for the Milky Way.

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What are dwarf planets?

• Nearly round bodies whose orbits cross orbits of other bodies

• Big planets that have a small core.

• Small stars

• A fancy name for a planet you can live on.

What is an asteroid?

• A chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice, and dust.

• A piece of rock that entered the Earth's atmosphere but vanished before hitting the surface.

• Rock and iron objects that orbit the sun.

• A piece of rock that successfully landed on Earth from space.

What is a comet?

• A synonym for an asteroid.

• A piece of rock that entered the Earth's atmosphere but vanished before hitting the surface.

• Rock and iron objects that orbit the sun.

• A chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice, and dust.

What is astronomy?

• The study of objects in space and their characteristics.

• A mission control person.

• NASA.

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