Solar System Vocabulary

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Science
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6th Grade
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Aletheia Thornton
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14 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
an object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the Sun
Comet
Asteroid
Galaxy
Planet
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
an object that is found in the solar system, orbits the Sun, and is much smaller than a planet
comet
star
asteroid
constellation
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a system of planets and other bodies that orbits a star
solar system
galaxy
universe
constellations
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth’s atmosphere
asteroid
comet
meteor
meteoroid
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_____________ is the force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
Gravity
Meteor
Water
Atmosphere
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space
Orbit
Mass
Galaxy
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
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