Unit 6 Solar System and Beyond

Any natural body, like the moon or artificial object that orbits another object is

called a ___________.

• moon

• space shuttle

• satellite

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and when near the sun,

a "tail" of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.

• comet

• asteroid

• meteor

• meteorite

An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own

gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.

• moon

• planet

• satellite

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion.

• comet

• galaxy

• star

• meteor

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

atmosphere. Often called a "shooting star".

• meteor

• comet

• satellite

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky.

• asteroid

• constellation

• star cluster

• nebula

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles,

about which Earth rotates.

• axis

• equator

• pole

• core

The spinning of Earth on its axis.

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• spinning

The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.

• pathway

• road

• ozone

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator.

• equinox

• solstice

• Fall

• Spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1