Space Quiz

What is an asteroid?

• The average distance between the Earth and the sun

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

What is a comet?

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• The average distance between the Earth and the sun

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

What is a meteor?

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• The average distance between the Earth and the sun

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

What is an astronomical unit (AU)?

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

• The average distance between the Earth and the sun

Tags

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What is a dwarf planet?

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

What is a planet?

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own

What is the sun?

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• The star at the center of our solar system made of hydrogen gas

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

What is a moon?

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• A natural object that revolves around a planet

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

Tags

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What is a solar system?

• An organized group of planets, moons, asteroids and comets orbiting a star

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

Tags

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What is gravity?

• A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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