Space Review

The flash of light produced when a meteoroid passes through Earth's atmosphere.

• Meteorite

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

The four terrestrial planets all have

• Gaseous surfaces

• Many moons

• Rings

• Solid, rocky surfaces

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Select all that are true about the sun

• It is the center of the solar system

• It is one of the many stars in our solar system

• It is made up of helium and hydrogen

• It has the strongest gravitational pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The Earth-centered model of the solar system

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

The scientist who first used a telescope to support the heliocentric model of the solar system was

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Galileo

• Kepler

The asteroid belt separates the inner and outer planets. Which two planets is it in between?

• Mars and Saturn

• Mars and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Earth and Jupiter

Which type of galaxy is the milky way?

• Elliptical

• Irregular

• Spiral

__ is considered a dwarf planet

• the moon

• Mercury

• Pluto

• Mars

Mercury has a thick atmosphere.

• True

• False

Halley's comet is visible from Earth once every _ years.

• 100

• 75 - 76

• 5 - 6

• 1000