Astronomy Terms Quiz

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6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A celestial body that revolves around a planet
Moon
Eclipse
Meteor
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit
Moon
Comet
Tide
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets
Meteriod
Meteor
Asteroid
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object; the path an object follows as it revolves around another.
Orbit
Axis
Rotation
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the attraction between two objects due to the invisible force of gravity; the gravitational pull from the Moon is primarily responsible for the tides that form on Earth
Axial Tilt
Gravitational Pull
Planetary system
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a small object that enters Earth's atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light
Asteroid
Meteroid
Meteor
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A chunk of material smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun
Asteroid
Meteroid
Meteor
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
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