Solar System review

the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.

• universe

• solar system

• Sun

• dwarf planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The name given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars; called rocky planets due to their composition

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• solar system

• universe

The name given to the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; very large planets composed of mostly gas

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• solar system

• universe

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• inner planets

• outer planets

• solar system

• universe

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• inner planets

• outer planets

• solar system

• asteroid belt

Separates inner and outer planets

• dwarf planet

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• asteroid belt

An object that orbits the sun and has a rounded shape but does not have a set orbital path.

• meteor

• asteroid

• dwarf planet

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

airless, rocky fragments in the solar system

• meteor

• asteroid

• dwarf planet

• comet

pieces of debris that resemble a shooting star and fall through the atmosphere

• meteor

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

a space rock that’s bigger than a dust grain, but smaller than an asteroid

• meteor

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3