Space Bodies

Objects made of ice, gas and dust that orbit our sun are called ________________

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteroids

• Meteors

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

• Pothole

• Crater

• Canyon

• Plateau

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a piece of rock that burns up as it passes through the Earth's atmosphere called? Also known as a shooting star.

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Comet

• Meteor

What keeps the Earth and other planets in orbit?

• The sun

• Gravity

• Earth's magnetic field

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is a constellation?

• A group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky

• A way to find the North Star

• When a planet "spins" around its axis

• The process that creates energy inside of a star

Eight of these are found in our solar system

• Sun

• Moons

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Have an irregular shape

• Sun

• Moons

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

Earth has only one of these

• Sun

• Moons

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

Does not produce their own light

• Sun

• Moons

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

Large chunks of rock and metal that orbit the sun

• Sun

• Moons

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3