Earth Science Solar System

A(n) ___ is a large object that orbits a star.

• moon

• planet

• sunspot

A shooting star is a(n) ___.

• meteor

• comet

• planet

A(n) ___ is made of ice, rock, frozen gases, and dust.

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

Another name for a natural satellite is a(n) ___.

• moon

• planet

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun is mostly ___.

• hydrogen and helium

• hydrogen and oxygen

• hydrogen and nitrogen

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The solar system is held together by ___.

• mass

• gravity

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The moon shines in the sky because ___.

• the moon produces its own light

• the moon is very hot

• the sun lights up part of the moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Very bright in the sky, rotates east to west, carbon dioxide, hottest planet in the solar system, greenhouse gases

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

Large, has visible rings made of ice and rock, stormy bands of clouds, its neighbor is the largest planet in the solar sytem.

• Nepture

• Venus

• Saturn

Red in color, Elon Musk is trying to go there soon, smaller than Earth, has the largest mountain in the solar system, we have put machines on this planet

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury