D-3-Solar System Vocabulary Test

1. "Path" an object follows as it revolves around another object

• A. rotation
• B. orbit
• C. revolution
• D. axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

2. Oval path

• A. rotation
• B. axis
• C. ellipse
• D. season

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

3. Turning of an object on its axis

• A. revolution
• B. rotation
• C. orbit
• D. ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4. Movement of one object in an orbit around another object

• A. rotation
• B. orbit
• C. axis
• D. revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

5. Imaginary line through Earth's center, from the North Pole to the South Pole

• A. astronomical unit
• B. orbit
• C. asteroid
• D. axis

6. System of planets revolving around a star

• A. phases
• B. ellipse
• C. season
• D. planetary system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

7. Different shapes the moon seems to have when viewed from Earth

• A. planetary system
• B. path
• C. phases
• D. axial tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

8. Ball of ice, rock, and frozen gases that orbits the sun

• A. comet
• B. asteroid
• C. constellation
• D. meteoroid

9. Chunk of rock and metal that orbits the sun

• A. meteoroid
• B. asteroid
• C. comet
• D. orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

10. Chunk of rock that orbits the sun and is smaller than an asteroid

• A. asteroid
• B. comet
• C. meteoroid
• D. ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3