Earth and Sun Investigation 2 Vocabulary Review

The Moon is

• a man made object

• Earth's natural satellite

• larger than the Earth

• made of cheese

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A planet is a

• Earth's natual satellite.

• an object in the asteroid belt.

• a large, round object orbiting a star.

• comet.

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When the Moon is waning, it is getting

• cut in half.

• larger.

• the same amount of light.

• smaller.

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(Choose more than one answer.) A waxing moon is getting

• larger.

• more light from the Sun.

• smaller.

• the same amount of light all the time.

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(Choose more than one answer.) The diameter of a circle

• helps measure a square.

• is a straight line through the center of a circle.

• is a line at the bottom of a circle.

• is the line must touch both sides of the circle.

The solar system is

• planets and other objects that orbit the Sun.

• made up of only the eight planets.

• all the stars in the universe.

• called the Milky Way Galaxy.

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 Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are

• made of gas.

• colder than gas giant planets.

• made of rock.

• far from the Sun.

Choose all the correct answers: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• are closer to the Sun.

• take longer to orbit the Sun.

• are made of gas.

• are larger than terrestrial planets.

A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun is called a (an)

• asteriod.

• dwarf planet.

• gas giant planet.

• comet.

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The asteriod belt is located

• under the Earth.

• next to the Sun.

• between terrestrial and gas giant planets.

• past the Kuiper Belt.