SOLAR SYSTEM AND SPACE RACE

1. 1. What are objects, such as planets, moons, and stars, that are located in space?

• Celestial bodies

• Earth bodies

• Space bodies

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

2. 2.What is a natural or artificial body in orbit around a planet?

• Sun

• Spaceship

• Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

2. 3.What is a curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object?

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

2. 4.What is a large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system?

• Planet

• Rotation

• Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

2. 5. What is a celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit?

• Rock

• Comet

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

2. 6.What is a natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside Earth’s atmosphere?

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Asteroid

2. 7.What is A small object that enters Earth’s atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light?

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Asteroid

2. 8.What are large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets?

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

2. 9.What is the Remains of a meteoroid that strike the surface of a planet or moon?

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

2. 10. How many planets are in our solar system?

• 7

• 8

• 9

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3