Solar System Objects and Distances in Space

You observe an object that is orbiting a star.

It seems like it has no other objects in its path.

This must be a:

• dwarf planet

• asteroid

• comet

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The word "solar" refers to a sun like ours.

What is at the center of a solar system?

• planet

• star

• Oort cloud

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A group of asteroids and dwarf planets is orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter.

This must be a(n):

• asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• dwarf planet belt

• Oort cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

You see a strangely shaped, rocky object near Mars through your telescope.

This must be a(n):

• meteor

• comet

• asteroid

• dwarf planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Pluto is spherical, orbits the sun, but has not cleared its path of debris.

It must be a(n):

• planet

• comet

• asteroid

• dwarf planet

You see an object in the night sky with a bright tail. You don't see it again for another 30 years.

It must be a(n):

• meteor

• comet

• asteroid

• dwarf planet

Through your telescope, you see many small objects orbiting a larger planet.

They must be:

• asteroids

• moons

• meteors

• comets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The band of objects that Pluto and some other far away dwarf planets are located in is called the

• asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

• dwarf planet belt

The last area that the sun's gravity can reach holds a "bubble" of rocky, icy objects around it. It is the farthest thing away and took Voyager 1 50 years to reach. It is the

• asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

• dwarf planet belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The distance from the sun to Earth is a(n)

• kilometer

• light year

• astronomical unit

• parsec

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3