G-Gravity & Solar System

large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to that which formed the planets

• asteroid
• comet
• galaxy
• meteor

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• comet
• asteroid
• meteor
• galaxy

Which of these is NOT a dwarf planet?

• Eris

• Makemake

• Haley

• Pluto

a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.

• dwarf planet
• oort planet
• ring
• meteor

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

 a huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

• galaxy
• solar system
• planetary system
• rocky planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

 planetary bodies made mainly of gases and no solid surface, including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• gaseous planet
• rocky planet
• dwarf planet
• retrograde planet

 The force of gravity between two objects like the Earth and the Sun and the Earth and the moon.

• gravitational pull
• force of attraction
• repulsion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

 A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

• gravity
• force
• normal
• tension

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

 a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice.

• Kuiper Belt
• Oort Cloud
• Astroid Belt
• Inner Planets

 A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.

• meteor
• meteroite
• meteroid