Pluto : Full of Surprises

How long did it take for the spacecraft to arrive on Pluto?

(a)  

• 10 years
• 2 years
• 50 years
• 100 years

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

the gases that surround a planet or other body in space

(a)  

• nitrogen
• atmosphere
• haze
• hydrocarbon

the state of having many different parts (noun)

(a)  

• complex
• complicated
• complexity
• tangled

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Information; facts (noun)

(a)  

• baidu
• mass
• databased
• data

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

a body that travels around the sun, but does not meet the rules for a planet

fine dust, smoke, or water vapor floating in the air (noun)

(a)  

• haze
• vapor
• hazy
• atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a compoud; it is made up of only carbon and hydrogen.

Think about the news story. Which had not yet taken place?

• New Horizons reached Pluto

• NASA sent New Horizons into space.

• New Horizons sent the first photos of Pluto.

• All the data from New Horizons reached Earth.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet or other body in space after a smaller object strikes the surface.

(a)  

• impact crater
• dwarf planet
• solar system
• meteorite

a measure of how much matter an object is made of(noun)

• massive

• reveal

• weight

• mass

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4