Movement in Space

What is the term for Earth being in the center?

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Sun centered

• Galileo

The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Kepler

A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Lunacentric

• Planicentric

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A ball of ice and rock that usually approaches the sun and leave a large trail of light

• Comet

• Meteor

• Planet

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A shooting star is actually a...

• Comet

• Asteriod

• Star that shoots

• Meteor

A ball of hot super heated gas that contains helium and hydrogen.

• satellite

• planet

• sun

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.  

• planets
• stars
• patterns
• creatures

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

How many constellations are there according to NASA?

• 58

• 68

• 78

• 88

A body that orbits a planet is called__________

• A Star

• A satellite

• A Comet

• A Constellation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of these is a satellite?

• The Moon

• The Earth

• Jupiter

• All of the above