Space: Solar System & Beyond

What is the path one object travels around another object?

• gravity

• orbit

• inertia

• satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass?

• gravity

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is one complete trip of one object around another object?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Inertia

• Orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is a complete spin on an axis?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Orbit

What is the distance light travels in a year?

• Star

• Light-year

• Constellation

• Black Hole

What is an object whose gravity is so strong that light cannot escape it?

• Supernova

• Black Hole

• White dwarf

• Nebula

Which is true of the dwarf planets?

• more massive than nearby objects

• never have moons

• orbit near the Sun

• spherically shaped

Pluto is a dwarf planet that is part of the...

• Oort cloud
• Kuiper Belt
• Moon system of Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The _____ is the main body of the comet.

• gas tail

• coma

• nucleus

• dust tail

The ____ forms around the nucleus when the sun heats it up.

• dust tail

• coma

• nucleus

• gas tail