ESS Module 8

Which planet has the largest moon?

• Saturn

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Neptune

Which pairs of planets have commonality?

• Saturn & Uranus

• Mercury & Venus

• Earth & Neptune

• Jupiter & Neptune

Which term and description is a true statement?

• Meteoroid--space debris that can enter Earth's atmosphere.

• Meteoroid--space object that lands on Earth.

• Meteor--steak of light created as a space object enters Earth's atmosphere.

• Meteorite--space object that lands on Earth.

Match the following.

• Few Moons

• Inner Planets

• Rings

• Outer Planets

• Many moons

• Inner Planets

• Rocky Surfaces

• Outer Planets

• Jovian planets

• Outer Planets

Match the following

• small, rocky, space debris

• Moon

• small, rocky, clear orbit, non-satellite

• Comet

• small, rocky, satellite

• Dwarf Planet

• frozen gas, solid core, elliptical orbit

• Planet

• sm, rocky, unclear orbit, non-satellite

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

These 2 planets have no satellites.​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)  

• Venus
• Mercury
• Jupiter
• Earth

Match the following planet with its predominant gas.

• Methane

• Neptune & Uranus

• Carbon dioxide

• Venus

• Nitrogen

• Earth

Match the following

• Ionized gases of a comet

• Coma

• Particles ejected from the coma

• Nucleus

• Core of a comet

• Plasma Tail

• Melting Ice of a comet

• Dust Tail