Earth's Place in the Universe

A _____ is a group of planets and their moons that orbit a central star.

• star

• solar system

• axis

• asteroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Venus is a _____ that revolves around the sun.

• Planet

• Comet

• star

• orbit

An ______ is an imaginary line around which a planet rotates or spins.

• orbit

• phases

• axis

• satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An object orbiting another object is a _____.

• satellite

• space probe

• inner planet

• outer planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The 4 planets nearest the sun are called the _______.

• solar systems

• asteroids

• outer planets

• inner planets

A _______ is a rocky object that orbits the sun in a path between Mars and Jupiter.

• sun

• planet

• asteroid

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A _____ _____ is a vehicle sent into space in order to explore places too dangerous or too far away for people to visit.

• Space shuttle

• Space Probe

• telescope

• None of the above

The path a planet takes around the sun is its _____.

• orbit

• axis

• phases

• star

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A ____ is a burning ball of gases.

• moon

• orbit

• star

• sun

Neptune is one of the four ___ ______.

• space probes

• rotation

• revolutions

• gas giants.