Space and Celestial Bodies Quiz

Stars: Are huge glowing balls of hot gas that shine by light.

• Stars are small cold rocks that emit no light.
• Stars are massive solid objects that do not produce light.
• Stars are tiny glowing balls of ice that shine by reflection.
• Stars are huge glowing balls of hot gas that shine by light.

Galaxy: Huge collection of gas, dust, billions of stars and their solar system.

• A galaxy is a small cluster of stars and planets.
• A galaxy is a single star surrounded by planets.
• A galaxy is a collection of only gas and dust without stars.
• A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, billions of stars and their solar systems.

Asteroid: Small, rocky body that orbits the sun also called minor planet.

• Asteroid is a celestial body that does not orbit the sun.
• Asteroid is a type of planet that is much larger than Earth.
• Asteroid is a large, gaseous body that orbits the sun.
• Asteroid is a small, rocky body that orbits the sun, also called a minor planet.

Nebula: A cloud of gas and dust in gas.

• A star formation region in the galaxy.
• A cloud of gas and dust in space.
• A type of celestial body that emits light.
• A solid mass of rock and ice in space.

The area outside the Earth's atmosphere, also known as outer space.

• Space

• The stratosphere
• The moon
• The Earth's atmosphere

Objects in space that orbits around another object.

• Natural satellites are stars in the sky.
• Natural satellites are artificial objects.
• Natural satellites are planets themselves.
• Natural satellites are moons of planets.

Man-made objects that orbit another planets, moons or the sun.

• Artificial Satellites are man-made objects that orbit planets, moons, or the sun.
• Artificial Satellites are man-made objects that float in space without orbiting anything.
• Artificial Satellites are only used for communication on Earth.
• Artificial Satellites are natural objects that orbit the Earth.

Large ball of frozen & dust and rock that are leftovers from the formation of the Solar system.

• Comets are large balls of frozen gas, dust, and rock from the Solar system's formation.
• Comets are small rocks that orbit the Sun.
• Comets are made entirely of liquid water and gas.
• Comets are remnants of ancient stars that exploded.

Small pieces of space rocks that burns up as it enters in the Earth's atmosphere, creating a streak of light in the sky.

• Meteors are large asteroids that orbit the Earth.
• Meteors are space rocks that land on the Earth's surface.
• Meteors are clouds of gas that glow in the atmosphere.
• Meteors are small pieces of space rocks that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

The path that an object takes around another object in space.

• Route
• Pathway
• Orbit
• Trajectory