L4 Dwarf Planets and Other Objects

A dwarf planet is a sphere that orbits a

• star

• stadium

• planet

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A dwarf planet has objects similar in ________ obiting near it ...

• mass

• size

• color

• attitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Pluto has a rocky core surrounded by

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Favorite inner planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Answer explanation

Also called terrestrial planets!

Asteroids obit the Sun in a band between Mars and _________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Asteriods are made up of...

• rocks, ice and dust

• ice and dust

• dust and iron oxide

• hydrogen and helium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

As the comet approaches the Sun, it heats, changing the ice into a(n)

• gas

• light

• meteroid

• glow

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A small rocky particle that moves through space is called a(n)

• meteroid

• meterite

• comet

• star

A streak of light in the atmosphere made by a glowing meteoroid is a(n)...

• meteor

• merteorite

• meteoroid

• comet

Why was Pluto classified as a dwarf planet?

• not signifcanlty larger than the other objects around it

• not spherical

• not orbiting the sun

Answer explanation

Pluto orbits the Sun and is spherical! Pluto is similar to a planet in this wasy!