Unit 7 Assessment- Solar System

A chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice, and dust that orbits the sun and has a tail.

• A. Asteroid

• B. Dwarf Planet

• C. Solar System

• D. Comet

• E. Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A nearly round body, slightly smaller than a planet, whose orbit crosses the orbit of another body.

• A. Asteroid

• B. Dwarf Planet

• C. Solar System

• D. Comet

• E. Planet

A chunk of rock or iron less than 1,000 km (621 miles) in diameter that orbits the sun.

• A. Asteroid

• B. Dwarf Planet

• C. Solar System

• D. Comet

• E. Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large round body that revolves around a star.

• A. Asteroid

• B. Dwarf Planet

• C. Solar System

• D. Comet

• E. Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A star and all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.

• A. Asteroid

• B. Dwarf Planet

• C. Solar System

• D. Comet

• E. Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Everything that exists, including galaxies and everything in them.

• A. Astronomy

• B. Galaxy

• C. Star

• D. Universe

The study of objects in space and their properties.

• A. Astronomy

• B. Galaxy

• C. Star

• D. Universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A huge ball of very hot, glowing gases in space that produces its own light and heat.

• A. Astronomy

• B. Galaxy

• C. Star

• D. Universe

A group of billions of stars, objects that orbit those stars, gas, and dust.

• A. Astronomy

• B. Galaxy

• C. Star

• D. Universe

An event during a full moon where the shadow of the Earth falls on the moon, causing the moon to darken.

• A. Moon Phase

• B. Axis

• C. Lunar Eclipse

• D. Solar Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1