6.ESS.3 #1 - Earth and Space Science

What is located closest to the center of the solar system?

• Venus

• Sun

• Mars

• Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

All of the _____ revolve around the Sun in the same direction.

• stars

• comets

• planets

• galaxies

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

There is scientific evidence that all of the planets in our solar system can support life.

• True

• False

A comet is also known as a _____.

• grain of sand

• dirty snowball

• rock less than 50 feet in diameter

• dwarf planet

Comets are celestrial bodies made of ice and dust that orbit the Sun.

• True

• False

Comets come from the Sun.

• True

• False

Asteroids are small rocky or metallic bodies that orbit the Sun.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Most asteroids orbit the Sun in a vast ring called the Asteroid Belt which lies between Mars and _____.

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Meteor showers are disintegrated pieces of comets.

• True

• False

The _____ planets are also called the terrestrial planets.

• middle

• outer

• inner

• a, b, and c