Solar System vocab quiz

The average distance measured from the center of the sun to the center of Earth;

a gaseous body larger than anything else in the solar system; mid-sized star

consists of the sun, the planets, their moons and a variety of other smaller objects

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a natural satellite that orbits a planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

small rocky bodies, many of which are found in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a round/spherical body that orbits the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

the distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next

loose balls of ice and rock that usually have very long, narrow orbits around the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

energy emitted by all objects in space that can travel in the form of waves

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust and gas bound together by gravity;  most often have a supermassive black hole at the center

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2