Space Vocab Quiz

Meteor

• when something has more meat

• a small piece of matter from outer space that becomes a streak of light when it falls through the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up; also known as a falling or shooting star

• an asteroid

How are gas giants different from the rock planets? (Pick two answers.)

• Astronauts cannot stand on the gas giants.

• They are not different at all

• They are larger and colder than the rocky planets

• they can really clear a room

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an object that orbits the Sun; made of frozen water and dust, and has a tail of gas and dust particles that points away from the Sun

• asteroid

• comet

• ice

• an arrow

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Gravity is a force of attraction between two objects due to their masses.

• True

• False

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

• revolve

• spin

• when species change due to the environment around them

• to volve again

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What is it called when an object spins on a center point?

• revolve

• rotate

• orbit

• dizzy

a small, rocky body that orbits the Sun; a large asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter is called an ________________.

• meteor

• asteroid

• orbit

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Surface gravity

• gravity

• gravity below the surface of the Earth

• the force of gravity at the surface of the Earth or other celestial body

Orbit

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

• an object in space that goes around another object

• a circle

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How long is the Earth's orbit around the sun?

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 12 hours

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