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Solar System Vocab

Authored by Kathy Rehmani

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 2+ times

Solar System Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the Sun

Comet

Asteroid

Galaxy

Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an object that is found in the solar system, orbits the Sun, and is much smaller than a planet

comet

star

asteroid

constellation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the motion of one object around another object

rotation

revolution

spin

moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of the sun?

The star around which all the planets and their bodies orbit.
The planet which we live.
A natural satellite of a planet. 
A celestial body that consists of a nucleus. 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a natural satellite that revolves around a planet?

Meteor
Comet
Asteroid
Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space

Orbit

Mass

Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A revolution is

one complete orbit made by a planet or satellite around another object.

how stars form.

a type of moon.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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