The Solar System and Beyond

What is a chunk of rock from space that travels through Earth's atmosphere?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Star

What is a mixture of ice, frozen gases, rock, and dust left over from the formation of the solar system?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Star

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What is an object in space that produces its own energy, including heat and light?

• Supernova

• Star

• Comet

• Meteor

one complete trip around an object in a circular or nearly circular path

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Inertia

• Gravity

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the path an object takes as it travels around another object

• Inertia

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

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The farther a planet is from the Sun, the longer it takes to orbit.

• True

• False

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Earth is closer to the Sun in January than in July.

• True

• False

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Which would happen if Earth was not tilted toward or away from the Sun?

• Days and nights would be about equal in length.

• Daylight would last all day.

• Days would be much longer and nights would be shorter.

• Darkness would last all day.

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As the Earth rotates around the Sun, the tilt of the Earth remains the same. This means that the angle in which the Sun's rays hit a particular location change during the orbit. The change in the angle of the Sun's rays cause the change of the seasons.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

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