Chapter 3 Stars and the Solar System Vocabulary Quiz

A __________ is a star pattern.

• Constellation

• Star

• Planet

• Ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An ___________ is a shape that is like a circle stretched out in opposite directions. This is the shape of a planet's orbit.

• orbit

• revolution

• ellipse

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The __________________ includes the sun, the eight planets, their moons, and other objects that revolve around the sun.

• constellation

• solar system

• planet

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A __________ is a giant ball of hot, glowing gases that release energy (heat and light).

• solar system

• moon

• planet

• star

An ___________ is the path an object follows as it revolves around another object.

• orbit

• ellispe

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The shape that the moon seems to have at any given time (The _______ of the moon)

• orbit

• ellipse

• phases

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The movement of one object around another. It takes the Earth 365 days or one year to make one complete _______________ around the Sun.

• rotation

• revolution

• ellipse

• phase

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A ________ is a large, ball shaped body that revolves, or travels around the sun.

• star

• constellation

• planet

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The spinning of a planet, moon, or star around its axis. It takes Earth 24 hours or one day to make one complete _______________ on its axis.

• revolution

• rotation

• ellipse

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What moon phase is this?

• Waxing gibbous

• Waxing crescent

• First Quarter

• New Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1