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Exploring Solar System Vocab
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Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) a solid object moving in space that is smaller than an asteroid
A
planetoid
B
comet
C
asteroid
D
meteoroid
2) a natural object that orbits around another objec tin space
A
space debris
B
satellite
C
rings
D
moon
3) the orbit or rotation of a planet or planetary satellite in a reverse direction from that normal in the solar system
A
revolution
B
rotation
C
ribonucleotides
D
retrograde
4) to turn or spin around a center point or line
A
retrograde
B
revolve
C
regularization
D
rotate
5) to move in a circle or oval around a central object
A
revolve
B
rotate
C
retrograde
D
redintegrate
6) to travel around something in a curved path
A
orbit
B
revolve
C
satellite
D
axis
7) anything that has mass and takes up space
A
matter
B
weight
C
mass
D
force
8) the distance from the Earth to the Sun
A
SI unit
B
astronomincal unit
C
customary unit
D
metric unit
9) an uncrewed vehicle that travels to and obtains information about objects in space
A
ISS
B
space probe
C
artificial satellite
D
space shuttle
10) a proper distance from the Sun that allows for liquid water
A
time zone
B
benthic zone
C
habitable zone
D
tidal zone
11) a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacraft
A
captain
B
astronaut
C
astrologer
D
pilot
12) the study of the origin, development, distribution, and the future of the life of the universe
A
astrology
B
astrophysics
C
astronomy
D
astrobiology
13) the imaginary straight line that something turns around
A
axis
B
Prime Meridian
C
poles
D
equator
14) a mostly rocky and metal object that orbits the sun
A
moon
B
asteroid
C
planetoid
D
planet
15) a large, round object in space that travels around a star
A
moon
B
asteroid
C
satellite
D
planet
16) a vehicle propelled by the exhaust made from a burning fuel
A
rocket
B
probe
C
station
D
shuttle
17) all of space and everything in it including stars, planets, galaxies, etc...
A
universe
B
galaxy
C
solar system
D
Milky Way
18) a planet similar in size or composition to the Earth, especially being on of the four inner planets of our solar system
A
artificial planet
B
terrestrial planet
C
planetoid
D
jovian planet
19) a system of planets or other bodies orbiting another star
A
Keiper belt
B
solar system
C
universe
D
galaxy
20) a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
A
nuclear fusion
B
nuclear radiation
C
nuclear explosion
D
nuclear fission
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