Celestial Bodies

The sun is a minimal component of the solar system in terms of mass.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A crater is a small planetary impact from a celestial body.

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• false

The moon has a soil like feature called lunar regolith due to erosion from micrometeorites.

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• false

Pluto, Eris, and Ceres are dwarf planets.

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• false

Which object in the diagram is not a real celestial body?

• TrES-4

• Gliese 229B

• Minecraft World

• Neptune

Match the following

• Star

• All of space and the matter space contains

• Universe

• A celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy is generated by nuclear reactions in its interior

• Supernova

• The death of a large star by explosion

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Click on the object with the most mass in our Solar System.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Jovian planets hold more gases due to having a larger mass that contains gas and being farther away from the sun being exposed to less solar heating.

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• false

Uranus rotates on its side due to impacts.

• true

• false

Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets.

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

• meteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3