Unit 1 Astronomy Vocabulary Test 22.23

A meteroid that has hit earth's surface

• meteor
• meteorite
• meteoroid
• asteroid

These are caused by the tilt of the Earth on its axis

• asteroid
• year
• season
• heliocentric

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean; caused by the moon's gravitational pull

• tide
• tsunami
• geocentric
• meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in the Earth's atmosphere

• Meteoroid
• meteor
• asteroid
• comet

A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center

• heliocentric
• helocopter
• geocentric
• geosphere

A model of the universe in which the Sun is the center

• heliocentric
• geocentric
• geosphere
• helocopter

The region of the solar system where asteroids are found

• Oort Cloud
• Keiper Belt
• Asteroid Belt
• exosphere

A small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it enters Earth's atmosphere

• meteor
• meteoroid
• asteroid
• comet

A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• meteor
• asteroid
• comet
• space

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A spherical region that surrounds the solar system; extends far out into space

• Oort Cloud
• Keiper Belt
• Asteroid Belt
• ionosphere