Intro to Space, Inner Planets, Moon Test

Match the following terms with the corresponding definition

• sun centered

• exoplanet

• giant cloud of space dust and gas

• heliocentric

• Ptolemy's larger circle path

• geocentric

• earth centered

• nebula

• an object that orbits a star outside our solar system

• deferent

At the beginning of the 16th century A.D., ​ (a)   proposed that ​ (b)   and all the other planets orbit the ​ (c)   .

• Copernicus
• Earth
• Sun
• Ptolemy
• Aristotle
• Moon
• Galileo

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following lunar vocabulary word with information about the word

• burns up in space

• crater

• made by space object impact

• terrae

• lands on the surface of another planetary object

• maria

• lunar highlands

• meteor

• solid, flat areas of basaltic lava

• meteorite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following space objects with their corresponding facts

• Has 83 moons; 63 confirmed and 20 being confirmed

• Jupiter

• Rotates on a horizontal axis

• Pluto

• Largest gas planet

• Saturn

• Part of the Kuyper belt

• Ceres

• Largest item in the Asteroid Belt

• Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Match the following space mission with the purpose of the mission.

• Sent to study Venus' atmosphere

• Artemis

• An active Rover on Mars

• Messenger

• Sent to study Mercury's chemical composition and magnetic field

• Atkatsuki

• Establish a Lunar colony

• Perseverance

• First spacecraft to study Mercury; also studied Venus

• Mariner 10

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

​ ​ (a)   rotates in a direction opposite the other planets and opposite to the direction it orbits the Sun. ​ ​ (b)   has the largest canyon in the solar system, Valles Marineris. ​ A year on ​ (c)   — the length of time it takes to orbit the Sun — is just 88 Earth days.

• Venus
• Mars
• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Match the following space object with it's trait.

• Atmosphere made of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide

• Venus

• Polar ice caps and oceans of water

• Mercury

• Iron oxide soil makes it appear red

• Sun

• Center of our solar system

• Mars

• Closest planet to the sun

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Reorder the following terrestrial planets based on size (smallest to largest)

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many of the terrestrial planets have rings?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Which of the following planets does not have natural satellites?

• Earth

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars