Solar System Objects

If this space rock hits Earth's surface, it is called a ________.

• meteor

• meteorite

• comet

• asteroid

A streak of light made by a chunk of rock or dust entering Earth's atmosphere is called a(n)

• meteor
• meteorite
• comet
• asteroid

This is the suns outer atmosphere

• Corona

• Chromosphere

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

Cooler, dark areas on the sun's surface are called

• Solar Flares

• Core

• Sun Spots

• Corona

This object is made of loose balls of ice and rock that develop tails when they get close to the sun.

• planet

• moon

• comet

• asteroid

Huge loops of plasma erupting from the sun are called

• solar flares

• sun spots

• solar eclipses

• prominences

The sun is made of ______ (select all that apply)

• hydrogen

• helium

• oxygen

• carbon

The average distance between Earth and the Sun, about 150 million km.

• solar system

• Sun

• planet

• astronomical unit

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

• Sun

• meteoroid

• asteroid

• planet

A natural satellite that revolves around a planet.

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• geocentric

• moon