Topic 12 - Earth Science Vocabulary Quiz

The system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it

• solar system

• comets

• nebula

• light-year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

a large, gaseous body at the center of the solar system

• sun

• planet

• supernova

• meteoroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves

• spectrum

• visible light

• galaxy

• moon

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the brilliant explosion of a dying supergiant star

• supernova

• big bang

• asteroid

• white drawf

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometers

• astronomical unit

• absolute brightness

• spectrum

• light-year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

one of the rocky objects revolving around the sun that is too small and numerous to be considered a planet

• asteroid

• moon

• nebula

• universe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

the brightness a star would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth

• absolute brightness

• apparent brightness

• visible light

• wavelength

the brightness of a star as seen from Earth

• apparent brightness

• absolute brightness

• visible light

• light-year

the initial explosion that resulted in the formation and expansion of the universe

• big bang

• nebula

• protostar

• universe

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit

• comet

• meteoroids

• asteroids

• planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3