Ch. 2 Earth Science Quiz

What is a star system that contains large groups of stars?

• solar system

• asteroid belt

• Galaxy

• outer planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is a large nearly round space object that orbits a star?

• Asteroid

• Moon

• Comet

• Planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is a large rocky object that orbits a planet?

• Moon

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Star

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is everything that exists throughout space?

• Solar System

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Constellations

What is a ball of hot gases that gives off light and other types of energy?

• Moon

• Asteroid

• Planet

• Star

What is an object that orbits the sun, is larger than an asteroid and smaller than a planet, and has a nearly round shape?

• Dwarf Planet

• Moon

• Milky Way

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Moons

• Outer Planets

• Inner Planets

• Constellations

Which planets are small, rocky and dense?

• Inner Planets

• Outer Planets

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Inner Planets

• Outer Planets

• Constellations

• Galaxies

Which planets are the large, gas giants?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto