Solar System Vocab Review

A small icy object that orbits the Sun is called a(n)

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Star

Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars are considered to be _______ planets, and are called the _________ planets.

• inner, Terrestrial

• outer, Terrestrial

• inner, Jovian,

• outer, Jovian

Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, & Jupiter are considered _________ planets, and are called the _________ planets.

• inner, Terrestrial

• outer, Terrestrial

• inner, Jovian

• outer, Jovian

Chunks of rock and metal that orbit around the Sun are called______. Scientists believe they are loose materials that never formed into a planet.

• Meteor

• Asteroids

• Comet

• Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The inner planets are composed of...

• Gas

• Ice

• Craters

• Rocks

Which resource is necessary to support life on a planet?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Water

• Milk

Pluto was reclassified as a(n) _______

• Midget rock

• Dwarf planet

• Asteroid

• Comet

What is the name for the current theory for the formation of the universe?

• Big Bang theory

• Explosion theory

• Condensation theory

• Impact theory

In a new stars life cycle, the name given to a ball of gas that has not yet begun to produce light is _______

• Black dwarf

• White dwarf

• Protostar

• Nebulae

An explosion that blows away the outer portion of a giant star is called a ___________

• Supernova

• Black hole

• Big bang

• Meteorite