Exploring the Night Sky

What is the name of the North Star

• Betelgeuse

• Orion

• Polaris

• Telescopium

What is the spinning of Earth on its axis called?

• revolution

• orbiting

• rotation

• positioning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A piece of rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and then burns up is called a ?

• meteor

• comet

• meteorite

• planisphere

One complete circular orbit by Earth around the Sun is called a ?

• revolution

• motion

• rotation

• journey

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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The imaginary rod that stretches through Earth between the North and South Poles is called the ?

• equator

• meteor

• axis

• morning star

What is a huge globe of hot gases that shines by its own light?

• meteor

• planet

• constellation

• star

A group of stars that forms a pattern in the night sky is called a?

• comet

• constellation

• wanderer

• season

A large object that circles a star and does not produce light of its own is called a

• moon

• planet

• star

• meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is an object that has an elliptical orbit around the Sun and whose core is mostly frozen water, ammonia, and methane?

• comet

• meteor

• planet

• meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where is the Hubble Space Telescope positioned?

• on the moon

• near Polaris

• in orbit around the Sun

• in orbit around the Earth