Objects in Our Solar System

Click on the object with the most mass in our Solar System.

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What force holds our Solar System together?

• Electricity

• Gravity

• Density

• Speed

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Match the following

• small rocky spheres in space

• asteroids

• small rocky spheres when they fall onto Earth

• meteors

• small rocky spheres when they enter our atmosphere

• meteoroid

• Many of these are found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.

• comets

• objects made of frozen gases; may have tails

• meteorite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Ganymede, Callisto, and Io are all ​ (a)  

• moons
• stars
• dwarf planets
• asteroids
• comets
• suns

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Label the four Jovian planets, also known as gas giants or ice giants.

d

c

b

a

Saturn

Neptune

Jupiter

Uranus

What characteristics do the four terrestrial planets share?

• rocky, have a surface, closer to Sun

• hot, all have water and atmosphere, small

• breathable nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere, have a surface

• all have had water in the past, all have signs of life

Mars is the ​ (a)   planet from the Sun. It is often known as the ​ (b)   planet because of its color.

• fourth
• red
• third
• fifth
• sixth
• yellow
• green
• ocedn
• ocean

The Earth takes ​ (a)   to revolve around the Sun one time. It takes ​ (b)   to rotate once on its axis.

• 365 days
• 24 hours
• 1 month
• 180 degrees
• 30 days
• 24 days
• 365 hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Comets, asteroids, and meteoroids are often called "shooting stars" because they ____________________________.

• are made of the same materials as stars

• shoot up from the ground toward the stars

• break up and burn brightly as they come into our atmosphere

• rotate along with Earth's orbit

Click on the location of the Asteroid Belt.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3