6.2 Solar System

What are left over pieces of our Solar Systems early formation called?

• Asteroids
• Planets
• Comets
• Stars

What is NOT a common characteristic of the outer planets?

• Gaseous
• Giant
• Rings
• Smaller than Earth

An ice ball that has a very long elliptical orbit is called a  _________.

• meteoroide
• asteroid
• Dwarf planet
• comet

The largest of celestial bodies that revolve around the sun are ________

• Planets
• Comets
• Solar Systems
• Asteroids

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteoroids all orbit around...

• They don't orbit anything
• The Earth
• The Sun
• Each other

A small space rock that makes it into Earth’s surface without burning up is called a ...

• Meteor
• Meteoroid
• Asteroid
• Meteorite

The Sun is the center of the _____.

• solar system
• Milky Way
• constellation Ursa Major
• universe

Where is the asteroid belt?

• Between the inner and outer planets
• Past Pluto
• All over our solar system
• Between Earth and Venus

What do we call a "dirty snowball" made of ice, rock, and dust?

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Comet
• Meteorite

What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

• Gas Giants
• Terrestrial Planets
• Inner Planets
• Oort Cloud