Unit 2 Lesson 1 mastery check 6.1ab

The system of the sun and the objects that orbit it.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• asteroid

• Solar system

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A small planetary mass that orbits the sun (pluto is an example of this).

• Mercury

• dwarf planet

• Comet

• asteroid

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What is a comet?

• A small rocky object that orbits the Sun

• A large planet with rings

• A celestial body made up of gas, dust, ice and has two tails

• A dwarf planet

What is an asteroid?

• A large space rock that orbits the sun and is found in the asteroid belt

• A large planet with rings

• A celestial body made up of gas and dust

• A dwarf planet

This is a picture of a ____________. Pluto and Ceres are examples of this.

• moon

• planet

• dwarf planet

• comet

This is a picture of a

• asteroid

• meteor shower (shooting star)

• solar system

• moon

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This component of the solar system that is made up of gas and ice and has two tails is called a

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

• star

This large rocky body orbiting the sun that is made up of rock and metals and can be sometimes large enough to identify as a dwarf planet is called a(n)

• asteroid

• moon

• planet

• comet

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Reorder the following from smallest to largest: solar system, universe, galaxy, planet

• Universe, galaxy, planet, solar system

• Galaxy, planet, universe, solar system

• planet, solar system, galaxy, universe

• solar system, universe, planet, galaxy

The bright images in this picture, that are the only components of the solar system that make light are known as:

• moons

• galaxies

• solar systems

• stars

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