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WorksheetsSolar System Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What are planetesimals?
Small celestial bodies that form planets
Large stars in the galaxy
Moons orbiting planets
Comets in the solar system
What does the term "Great bombardment" refer to?
A period of intense meteorite impacts
A large-scale volcanic eruption
A massive solar flare
A supernova explosion
What does "geocentric" mean?
Earth-centered
Sun-centered
Moon-centered
Star-centered
What does "heliocentric" mean?
Sun-centered
Earth-centered
Moon-centered
Star-centered
What is an elliptical plane?
The flat, disk-shaped space in which planets orbit
A circular orbit path
A vertical orbit path
A random orbit path
What are terrestrial planets?
Rocky planets like Earth
Gas giants like Jupiter
Ice planets like Neptune
Dwarf planets like Pluto
What are exo-planets?
Planets outside our solar system
Planets within our solar system
Moons of other planets
Stars in other galaxies
What is the Goldilocks zone?
The habitable zone around a star
The hottest part of a planet
The coldest part of a planet
The center of a galaxy
What are gas giants?
Large planets made mostly of gas
Small rocky planets
Moons with thick atmospheres
Stars with high gas content
What defines a planet?
A celestial body orbiting a star
A star in a galaxy
A moon orbiting a planet
A comet in the solar system
What are dwarf planets?
Small celestial bodies that orbit the sun
Large stars in the galaxy
Moons orbiting planets
Comets in the solar system
What is the Oort Cloud?
A distant region of icy bodies surrounding the solar system
A cloud of gas around a star
A ring of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter
A cluster of stars in a galaxy
What is a space particle that burns up in Earth's atmosphere, creating a shooting star or falling star?
Meteor
Meteoroid
Meteorite
Asteroid
Small rocks floating in space are considered ____.
Meteors
Meteoroids
Meteorites
Asteroids
When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a ____.
Meteors
Meteoroids
Meteorites
Asteroids
____ are large space rocks that orbit the sun.
Meteors
Meteoroids
Meteorites
Asteroids
____ are space objects made of ice, dust, and rocks that orbit the sun with a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
Meteoroids
Comets
Asteroids
Planets
