6.11a

When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:

• Pothole 

• Crater

• Canyon

• Plateau

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are comets made of?

• Metals like iron and nickel

• Gas

• Hydrogen Gas

• Ice and rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Meteorites...

•  hit the ground

• burn up completely in the atmosphere

• debris from asteroids/comets that float around in space

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What compromises the structure of a comet?

• Nucleus, Coma, Dust tail, Ice

• Nucleus, Dust tail & gases

• Nucleus, Coma, dust tail & gas tail (ion tail)

Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system

• solar systems

• planets

• asteroids

• meteorites

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat.

• planet

• meteorite

• star

• asteroid belt

Any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, whose orbits lie beyond the asteroid belt.

• inner planets

• outer planets

• solar systems

• Galilean moons

All inner planets share which of the following characteristics?

• rocky and terrestrial

• extremely cold temperatures

• mostly made of gas

• large amounts of water

Mars is very similar to Earth. Which of the following statements describes a property of Earth, but NOT a property of Mars?

• an abundance of liquid water is located on the planet

• one or moons orbit the planet

• the planet is constantly in motion

• the orbital path is predictable

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Which of the following represents characteristics of the four planets farthest from the Sun?

• smaller planets

• gas giants

• rocky (terrestrial) planets

• 3 or less moons