Solar System Review

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Moon

• Mars

• Venus

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

• True

• False

The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• vernal equinox
• axis
• solar eclipse
• solar flare

The sun is a _______.

• star
• planet
• satellite

Tags

NGSS.1-ESS1-1

The sun appears to move across the sky each day.  What causes this?

• the spinning of the Earth's axis
• The path of the sun around the Earth
• the production the nuclear energy around the sun
• the tilt of the Earth on its axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The belt between Mars and Jupiter contains...

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

They are sometimes called shooting stars

• interplanetary dust
• asteroids
• comets
• meteors

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Select the pair of bodies which are LEAST alike in composition and size

• asteroid and meteor
• moon and comet
• earth and venus
• uranus and neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because a meteorite ...

• has a tail of ice and gas
• is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars
• enters the Earth's atmoshere
• has a nucleus mad of rock and snow.

Which of the following bodies are MOST alike in composition and size?

• Earth and Venus
• Uranus and Neptune
• asteroid and comet
• meteor and asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3