Solar System

Consists of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it

• solar system

• sun

• planet

• asteroid

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

A unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million km.

• astronomical unit

• sun

• planet

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A gaseous body much larger than anything else in the solar system

• astronomical unit

• sun

• planet

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

An object that orbits a star, is large enough to become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.

• astronomical unit

• sun

• planet

• asteroid

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

a natural satellite; a celestial body in orbit.

• astronomical unit

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One of the rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.

• astronomical unit

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A chunk of rock or dust in space, generally smaller than an asteroid.

• meteoroid

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit.

• meteoroid

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

What force formed the solar system?

• magnetism

• gravity

• nuclear energy

• satellites

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Pluto is an example of a(n)

• dwarf planet

• outer planet

• inner planet

• planetesimal