Celestial Bodies Review

_______ are small chunks of rock and space junk that have not entered a planet's atmosphere yet.

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

• comet

Between which 2 planets do we find the asteroid belt?

• Mercury and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteors

• Meteorites

What do comets, asteroids and meteor all orbit?

• The Stars

• The Planets

• The Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A dirty snowball in space that orbits the sun in long elliptical orbits is called...

• comet

• asteroid

• meteor

• meteorite

A space rock that burns in the Earth's atmosphere; "shooting star".

• meteorite

• meteor

• meteoroid

• comet

Comets orbit in a _____ pattern.

• elliptical

• circular

• triangular

• random

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

THE MOVEMENT OF MOONS IS BASED ON _____ AROUND THE PLANETS AND _____ ON THEIR AXIS.

• ROTATION, REVOLUTION
• ORBIT, REVOLUTION
• REVOLUTION, ROTATION
• ROTATION, ORBIT

• Comet
• Asteroid
• Meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3