Sun, Earth, and Moon Vocab Quiz

the path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space

• revolve

• orbit

• crater

• rotate

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bowl-shaped indents or cavities on the surface of a planet that are caused by a collision with an object

• crater

• mountain

• hole

• ocean

a natural satellite that orbits a planet

• space station

• crater

• moon

• sun

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the star at the center of our solar system and supplies heat and light to earth; its gravity keeps the solar system in orbit

• Earth

• Europa

• moon

• sun

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a planet in our solar system that has life on it

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mercury

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a force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth

• gravity

• push/pull

• motion

• spinning

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Which planet is the largest planet and the first planet outside the asteroid belt

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet has rings and is the second planet outside the asteroid belt

• Saturn

• Mars

• Earth

• Neptune

This planet is the smallest planet and is closest to the sun

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This planet is the only planet known to support life and is the third planet from the sun

• Uranus

• Earth

• Venus

• Mars

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