Celestial Objects

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• moon
• Meteors

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Millions of pieces of rocky material of various sizes orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. These objects are known as -

• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Comets
• Planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A shooting star is actually a...

• Comet
• Meteoroid
• Meteorite
• Meteor

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large sphere of hot gas that produces light in which Earth and other planets revolve around.

• satellite

• planet

• star

• galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Large rocky and/or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets.

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

• meteoroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Small pieces of asteroids that land on other planets including earth's surface.

• meteorite

• meteor

• moon

• Cannot happen. What happens in space stays in space.

Hale-Bopp is made of ice and dust. It orbits far beyond the orbit of Pluto. This tail extends more than 1 million km. What am I?

• star
• comet
• meteor
• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Broken pieces of asteroids and comets moving around in our solar system are called...

• meteorites

• meteors

• meteoroids

• junk

Comets orbit in a _____ pattern.

• elliptical

• circular

• triangular

• random

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the difference between asteroids and meteoroids?

• shape

• color

• size

• spelling