Classify and Identify Objects of the Solar System

What characteristics do planets have in common?

• Orbit the Sun,Rotate on an axis, Spherical shapes, Have a tail and made of ice and dust

• Orbit the Sun,Rotate on an axis, Spherical shapes, Have mass and volume

• Orbit the Sun,Rotate on an axis, Have an irregular shape, Have mass and volume

• Orbit the Sun,Rotate on an axis, Spherical shapes, Made of rock and ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What characteristics do comets have in common?

• Orbit the Sun , Have a tail and made of ice and dust , Have an irregular shape

• Orbit the Sun , Have a tail and made of ice and dust , Have an regular shape

• Orbit the Sun , Have a tail and made of rock and metal , Have an irregular shape

• Orbit a planet, Have a spherical shape

What characteristics do asteroids have in common?

• Orbit the Planet, Have an regular shape, Made of rock and metal

• Orbit the Planet, Have an irregular shape, Made of ice and dust

• Orbit the Sun, Have an irregular shape, Made of rock and ice

• Orbit the Sun, Have an irregular shape, Made of rock and metal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What characteristics do moons have in common?

• Orbit the Sun, Have a spherical shape

• Orbit a planet, Have a spherical shape

• Orbit a planet, Have a irregular shape

• Orbit a planet, made of gas and ice

Name that Space Object based on the following characteristics:  

Name: - Earth, 

Orbits: - Sun,   

Composition: - Rock,  

Atmosphere:  Cloudy,

Shape: Spherical

• Planet

• Moon

• Asteroid,

• Comet,

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Name that Space Object based on the following characteristics:  

Name: - Enceladus 

Orbits: - Saturn,   

Composition: - ice,  

Atmosphere:  no

Shape: Spherical

• Planet

• Moon

• Asteroid,

• Comet,

Name that Space Object based on the following characteristics:  

Name: - Eros 

Orbits: - Sun,   

Composition: - Rock,  

Atmosphere:  Almost none

Shape: Irregular

• Planet

• Moon

• Asteroid,

• Comet,

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Name that Space Object based on the following characteristics:  

Name: - Europa

Orbits: - Jupiter   

Composition: - ice,  

Atmosphere:  no

Shape: Spherical

• Planet

• Moon

• Asteroid,

• Comet,

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Name that Space Object based on the following characteristics:  

Name: - Ganymede

Orbits: - Jupiter   

Composition: - ice,  

Atmosphere:  no

Shape: Spherical

• Planet

• Moon

• Asteroid,

• Comet,

Name that Space Object based on the following characteristics:  

Name: - Ida 

Orbits: - Sun,   

Composition: - Rock,  

Atmosphere:  Almost none

Shape: Irregular

• Planet

• Moon

• Asteroid,

• Comet,