Objects in Space Exercise

A meteor that stikes the Earth's surface is called a _________.

• meteorite

• sun

• planet

• outer planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The closest star to the Earth is the __________.

• Milky Way

• Sun

• moon

• Big Dipper

Moons are naturally occurring satellites that orbit planets.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

When a ______ gets close to the Sun, its frozen material begins to melt and forms a trail of dust, rock and gas behind it.

• comet

• meteoroid

• meteor

• star

What is the name for rocky objects that orbit the sun?

• asteroids
• stars
• comets
• moons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which object is round, orbits the sun, and is larger than an asteroid?

• comet
• dwarf planet
• moon
  moon
• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of these formed from a ball of gas and dust?

• star
• planet
• universe
• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which of these best describes a comet?

• a dwarf planet that orbits the sun
• a moon that travels through the universe
• a rocky object that orbits a planet
• a ball of ice and rock with a trail of gas and dust

What is the name for everything that exists throughout space?

• galaxy
• solar system
• Earth
• universe

The largest space objects that orbit the sun are called _____________.

• moons
• dwarf planets
• planets
• asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3