Solar System & Stars

What two properties keep the planets in their orbits?

• rotation and revolution

• gravity and inertia

• gravity and magnetism

• inertia and magnetism

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Stars with masses greater than ten times the mass of the Sun can form...

• constellations

• planets

• supernovas

• white dwarfs

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

How are asteroids different from meteoroids?

• meteoroids have been studied by space probes and asteroids have not.

• Asteroids orbit the Sun, but meteroids do not.

• asteroids are small balls of ice, while meteoroids are rocky or metallic objects.

• Most asteroids move between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, while meteoroids throughout the solar system.

List the Planets in order from the Sun outwards.

How are objects that orbit the Sun classified differently from stars that do not orbit the Sun?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What are some common characteristics about the inner planets?

How are constellations alike?

• patterns of stars

• cluster of stars

• number of stars vary

• positions vary from Earth

How are constellations different?

• number of stars vary

• pattern of stars

• positions vary from Earth

• clusters of stars

How is the Sun like other stars?

• it is a protostar

• it is a heat energy

• it is an average size star

• it is a red giant

A star begins as a ball of dust particles and gases pulled together by

• heat energy

• protostars

• inertia

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4