Solar System and Space unit 1

What is your name?

All existing matter and space considered as a whole is considered the:

• Galaxy
• Universe
• Solar System
• Asteroid Belt

A ___________ is made up of gas, dust, stars, planets, and moons. Our home _____________ is named the Milky Way

• Galaxy
• Universe
• Solar System
• Black Hole

The _______________ is made up of planets, moons, and the Sun.

• Galaxy
• Universe
• Solar System
• Black Hole

What does a planet orbit?

• A meteor
• An asteroid
• A moon
• A Star

_______________ are large bodies that orbit planets. Some planets have more than others.

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Moons
• Stars

A(n) _______________ is an object that orbits the sun, but has a non-circular orbit and has not cleared the path that it orbits in.

• Dwarf Planet
• Comet
• Moon
• Asteroid

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

• Elliptical
• Irregular
• Spiral

A small rocky body orbiting the sun is a(n)

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Comet
• Moon

An object in space made up of a ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust forms is a __________

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Comet
• Moon