Solar System Vocabulary

Solar System Vocabulary

6th Grade

14 Qs

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Solar System Vocabulary

Solar System Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-2

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Aletheia Thornton

Used 29+ times

FREE Resource

14 questions

Show all answers

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

What is a natural satellite that revolves around a planet?
Meteor
Comet
Asteroid
Moon

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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