Unit 8 Vocabulary Review

What is the definition of the word planet?

• A small mass star located at the center of the solar system

• A celestial body that orbits a planet

• A small, rocky body orbiting the Sun

• A celestial body that has its own motion; made of rocks or various gases

What is the definition of the word comet?

• A celestial object made of ice and dust that appears to have a tail

• A celestial body that orbits a planet

• A celestial body that has its own motion; made of rocks or various gases

• A small body of matter from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light

What is the definition of the word meteor?

• A small mass star located at the center of the solar system

• A small body of matter from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light

• A small, rocky body orbiting the Sun

• A celestial body that orbits a planet

What is the definition of the word Sun?

• A celestial body that orbits a planet

• A small mass star located at the center of the solar system

• A small body of matter from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light

• A celestial object made of ice and dust that appears to have a tail

What is the definition of the word asteroid?

• A small, rocky body orbiting the Sun

• A celestial body that orbits a planet

• A celestial body that has its own motion; made of rocks or various gases

• A small body of matter from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light

What is the definition of the word moon?

• A small body of matter from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light

• A small mass star located at the center of the solar system

• A celestial body that orbits a planet

• A small, rocky body orbiting the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What used to be considered a planet but is now known as a dwarf planet?

• Earth

• Alpha Centauri

• Neptune

• Pluto

Which of the following represents the correct order of some of the planets starting closest to the Sun?

• Earth, Mars, Neptune, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Earth

• Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury

A small body of matter from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light

• Sun

• moon

• meteor

• asteroid

A celestial body that has its own motion; made of rocks or various gases

• moon

• comet

• planet

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2