The Solar System Review 1

Match the word with the definition

• Consists of the Sun and other celestial bodies that are orbiting around it.

• Solar System

• Collection of gases, dust, and billions of stars

• Planet

• Path that an object takes around another object in space

• Orbit

• Force of attraction between objects with mass

• Galaxy

• Large celestial body that revolves around a star (Sun)

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Select all the Inner Planets

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

Place the Inner Planets in order from closest to farther away from the Sun

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Select the Outer Planets

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Saturn

Reorder the Outer Planets in order from closest to farther away from the Sun

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

Match the term with the definition

• approximate distance between Earth and Sun

• Asteroid Belt

• region beyond Neptune that consists of icy bodies

• Kuiper Belt

• object in an orbit

• Astronomical Unit

• region between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter with many asteroids

• Satellite

Match the term to the definition

• piece of space dust or rock

• Meteorite

• when a meteor strikes Earth

• Meteor

• made of dust, rock, frozen gases, and ice.

• Meteoroid

• a meteoroid burning as it enters the earth's atmosphere

• Comets

A Shooting Star is a

• Comet

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Meteoroid

The Largest planet in the Solar System is

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is almost the same size and same mass to Earth?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

• Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3