10.1 The Sky from Earth

a cold mixture of dust and ice that fives off a long trail of light as it approaches the sun.

• meteors

• asteroid

• star

• comet

an object that orbits the sun, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity

• satellite

• planet

• comet

• star

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

a body that orbits a planet

• star

• satellite

• meteors

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

giant ball of gas, mainly composed of hydrogen and helium

• star

• comet

• satellite

• meteor

sudden streak of light from an object entering the Earth's atmosphere

• meteor

• comet

• star

• satellite

a pattern or group of stars that people imagined to represent a figure, animal, or object.

• planet

• star

• constellation

• comet

tool that helps you find constellations in your location and season

• constellation

• zodiac

• satellite

• star chart

narrow band in the sky through which planets appear to move

• constellation

• zodiac

• star chart

• planet

The moon is Earth's only natural ________.

• zodiac

• meteor

• comet

• satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A planet is large enough to have been rounded by its

• rotation

• gravity

• moon

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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