Unit 6:Solar System-Week 1

A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The average distance from Earth to the Sun-about 150 million km

• Asteroid

• Astronomical Unit

• Oort Cloud

• Kuiper Belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a small, rocky, icy object that orbits the Sun

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Moon

• Meteor

An object that orbits a star and is nearly spherical in shape but shares its orbital path with other objects of similar size but also isn't classified as a satellite.

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Dwarf Planet

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a band of small celestial bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune

• Asteroid

• Moon

• Meteor

• Kuiper Belt

A meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere and produces a streak of light.

• Dwarf Planet

• Meteor

• Comet

• Sun

A natural satellite of a planet

• Comet

• Sun

• Moon

• Dwarf Planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A spherical shell of celestial bodies believed to surround the Sun far beyond the orbits of the outermost planets.

• Oort Cloud

• Kuiper Belt

• Sun

• Asteroid

The star in the center of our solar system around which the planets revolve and receive light.

• Moon

• Earth

• Sun

• Oort Cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following planets orbit inside the Asteroid Belt, making them inner planets? (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3