KS3 Space - objects in our Solar System

Which of the following is the largest?

• star
• universe
• cluster
• galaxy

How many stars are in our solar system?

• billions

• hundreds

• two

• one

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Asteroids are composed mostly of _________.

• ice
• dirt
• rock
• gas

What is a comet?

• rocky, metallic tiny planet that orbits the sun
• chunk of dirt and ices
• a mixture of gases
• a smaller chunk of stony matter, also known as a shooting star

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• moon
• Meteors

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Meteroids

When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteors
• Meteorites 

Millions of pieces of rocky material of various sizes orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. These objects are known as -

• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Comets
• Planets

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

A shooting star is actually a...

• Comet
• Meteoroid
• Meteorite
• Meteor