Gravity & The Solar System

_________________is information about the natural world that supports or goes against a claim.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• None of the above

The Milky Way is a small spiral system consisting of several hundred stars.

• True

• False

Asteroids are chunks of ice and rock that orbit the sun.

• True

• False

A planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt is known as an _________________.

• rocky planet

• inner planet

• outer planet

• gas planet

______________ is a government agency in charge of science and technology that has to do with space.

• NASA

• NBA

• nasa

• nba

A device used to form magnified images of distant objects is called a _________________.

• microscope

• big lens

• Telescope

• telescope

CER: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning.

• Claim, Evidence, Research

• Claim, Evidence, Reasoning.

• Circle, Evidence, Reasoning.

• Claim, Elevated, Reasoning.

Elliptical Galaxies is a galaxy with a higher percentage of old red stars.

• False

• True

____________________are a natural satellite that orbits a planet.

• moons

• Moons

• comets

• meteors

An enormous cloud of dust, ice, and gas in space is called a ____________________.

• galaxy

• planet

• nebula

• none all the above