Exploring Our Solar System Vocabulary

What is the term for a description of the solar system in which all of the planets revolve around Earth?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Ellipse

• Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the term for a description of the solar system in which all of the planets revolve around the sun?

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Universe

• Parallax

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What shape describes the orbits of the planets? (Hint: An elongated circle or oval shape)

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Square

• Triangle

What is a giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars called?

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Light-year

• Comet

What term describes all of space and everything in it?

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Light-year

• Parallax

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the distance that light travels in one year called?

• Light-year

• Parallax

• Absolute Magnitude

• Apparent Magnitude

What is the apparent change in position of an object when seen from different places called?

• Light-year

• Parallax

• Absolute Magnitude

• Apparent Magnitude

What is a very large star, much larger than the sun, called?

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Giant star

• Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What term describes the brightness of a star as seen from Earth?

• Absolute Magnitude

• Apparent Magnitude

• Light-year

• Parallax

What term describes the brightness of a star if it were a standard distance from Earth?

• Absolute Magnitude

• Apparent Magnitude

• Light-year

• Parallax