Natural and Artificial Satellites

What are the types of satellites?

• artificial & homemade

• natural & organic

• natural & artificial

What do natural and artificial satellites have in common?

• the don't have anything in common

• they orbit celestial bodies

• they send information to the Earth

• the float outer space with no direction

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There are 2,666 _____________ satellites currently orbiting the Earth.

• artificial

• natural

• unkown

There are 173 known ___________ satellites in our Solar System.

• artificial

• natural

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An object that revolves around another object in space (natural or manmade)

• mirror

• microscope

• oscilloscope

• satellite

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This is a space object that ORBITS a PLANET

• comet

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• moon

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The ​ (a)   is Earth’s only ​ (b)   .

• Moon

• natural satellite

• Sun

• artificial satellite

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What are artificial satellites

• Man made objects that are put into space to orbit around the earth to help communication, and to study space

• A tool in space used to put weapons and bombs in space

• Tools in space to help astronauts study space

• An object in space that collects research

What is a natural satellite?

• A type of star

• A moon

• A man-made object sent into space

• A type of meteorite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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What object is Earth's only natural satellite?

• The Sun

• Mars

• The Moon

• A Satellite

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