Foss Web Earth and Sun Investigation 2 Vocabulary

1. The ____ planets are made of gas.

• gas

• terrestrial

• waxing

2.The ____ planets are closest to the Sun.

• gas

• terrestrial

• Milky Way

• alabaster

3. A _____ is a push or pull that acts on an object or a system

• gravity

• star

• force

• lightyear

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4. The moon phase that is not visible is a ________ phase.

• waxing

• new

• full

• gibbous

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5. A curved shape phase of the moon, just after a new moon is called a ____ moon.

• full

• gibbous

• waxing

• crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6. A small, solid object orbiting the Sun is called a _____

• comet

• asteroid

• phase

• terrestrial

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7. A group of stars in a pattern given a name by people is called a ____.

• constellation

• Kuiper Belt

• asteroid

• Milky Way

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8. _____ Belt is a region of small bits of solid rock and metal matter orbiting the Sun.

• Solar

• leather

• asteroid

• Kuiper

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9. Different shapes of the moon are called moon __________.

• places

• phases

• paths

• orbits

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10. When the moon is a _______ it is completely visible.

• first quarter moon

• new moon

• blue moon

• full moon

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