7.1 Formation of Solar System - Vocab review

What is the Solar System?

• A system of objects that revolve around a star

• A massive ball of gas in outer space

• The third planet from the Sun

• A force that exists between two objects

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What is a star?

• A system of objects that revolve around a star

• A massive ball of gas in outer space that gives off heat, light, and other forms of radiation

• The third planet from the Sun

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object

What is the Sun?

• Any star around which planets revolve

• A massive ball of gas in outer space

• The third planet from the Sun

• A set of statements or principles

What is Earth?

• A system of objects that revolve around a star

• A massive ball of gas in outer space

• The third planet from the Sun; the planet on which we live

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object

What is an orbit?

• A system of objects that revolve around a star

• A massive ball of gas in outer space

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object

• A force that exists between two objects

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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What is a theory?

• A system of objects that revolve around a star

• A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena

• The third planet from the Sun

• A force that exists between two objects

What is gravity?

• A system of objects that revolve around a star

• A massive ball of gas in outer space

• The third planet from the Sun

• A force that exists between any two objects that have mass

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What is an asteroid?

• A large planet that orbits the sun

• A small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun

• A body of ice and dust that travels in a long narrow orbit around the sun

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is a comet?

• A small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun

• A large planet that orbits the sun

• A body of ice and dust that travels in a long narrow orbit around the sun

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet

What is space?

• The large, empty part of the universe that does not contain any matter

• A small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun

• A body of ice and dust that travels in a long narrow orbit around the sun

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet