Space Unit

What is the name for the large rocks found between Mars and Jupiter?

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

• Planets

What holds the planets in orbit around the sun?

• string

• gravity

• centripetal force

• magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What best describes the mass and weight of a person as they move around the universe?

• Mass and weight changes.

• Mass and weight stays constant.

• Weight remains constant and mass changes.

• Mass stays constant and weight changes.

Is the Mars rover crewed or uncrewed

• Manned

• Unmanned

Is the International Space Station crewed or uncrewed?

• Manned

• Unmanned

What keeps planets in the solar system from moving in straight lines through the galaxy?

• Light energy

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Potential energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

All of the inner planets--

• have rings

• are rocky

• have deep atmospheres

• are large

The path that the planets travel around the sun

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Circuit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The spinning of a planet or moon on its axis

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Tides

• Axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Any large ball of gas in outer space that gives off light and heat

• Star

• Sun

• Moon

• Planet