Astronomy Vocabulary

our daytime star, closer to us than any other star

• sun

• satellite

• asteroid

• meteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

any object in space that orbits another object

• sun

• satellite

• asteroid

• meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Earth's nearest natural satellite is ...

• sun

• moon

• Venus

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

rocky and irregularly shaped bodies that orbit the sun, but are too small to be planets

• sun

• satellite

• asteroid

• meteoroid

Select all that apply.

The inner planets are _________________.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• closer to the sun

• small

• made of rock

Select all that apply.

The outer planets are _________________.

• farther from the sun

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• gas giants

• many moons and some have rings

Select all that apply.

What is true of the asteroid belt?

• where most asteroids are found

• between Mars and Jupiter

• contains one dwarf planet

• separates the inner and outer planets

star patterns that appear to move across the sky as Earth revolves around the sun

• comets

• constellations

• composition

• compass

what an object is made of

• comets

• constellations

• composition

• compass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.

• comets

• constellations

• composition

• compass