Objects in Space

The closest star to the Earth is the __________.

• Milky Way

• Sun

• moon

• Big Dipper

When a ______ gets close to the Sun, its frozen material begins to melt and forms a trail of dust, rock and gas behind it.

• comet

• meteoroid

• meteor

• star

The Milky Way is larger than our solar system. It contains more than 200 billion stars, including the Sun and our solar system.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Moons are naturally occurring satellites that orbit planets.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Our solar system is part of a lager region of space called a __________.

• moon

• star

• galaxy

• comet

What is a small body of ice, rock & cosmic dust loosely packed together?

• meteor

• meteoroid

• asteroid

• comet

The Oort Cloud & Kuiper Belt is commonly home to ___.

• comets

• asteroids

• meteoroids

• meteors

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where is the asteroid belt located?

• past the orbit of Neptune

• between Mars & Jupiter

• surrounding our solar system

• between Earth & Mars

Which object has a tail?

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• meteorite

• comet

Which object is commonly referred to as "shooting star"?

• comet

• meteor

• meteorite

• asteroid