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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
comet
B
meteoroid
C
asteroid
D
planetoid
2) a natural object that orbits around another objec tin space
A
rings
B
moon
C
space debris
D
satellite
3) the orbit or rotation of a planet or planetary satellite in a reverse direction from that normal in the solar system
A
rotation
B
revolution
C
retrograde
D
ribonucleotides
4) to turn or spin around a center point or line
A
retrograde
B
rotate
C
revolve
D
regularization
5) to move in a circle or oval around a central object
A
rotate
B
retrograde
C
revolve
D
redintegrate
6) to travel around something in a curved path
A
revolve
B
satellite
C
orbit
D
axis
7) anything that has mass and takes up space
A
weight
B
force
C
matter
D
mass
8) the distance from the Earth to the Sun
A
customary unit
B
SI unit
C
metric unit
D
astronomincal unit
9) an uncrewed vehicle that travels to and obtains information about objects in space
A
space shuttle
B
space probe
C
ISS
D
artificial satellite
10) a proper distance from the Sun that allows for liquid water
A
time zone
B
tidal zone
C
habitable zone
D
benthic zone
11) a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacraft
A
pilot
B
astronaut
C
astrologer
D
captain
12) the study of the origin, development, distribution, and the future of the life of the universe
A
astrophysics
B
astrology
C
astronomy
D
astrobiology
13) the imaginary straight line that something turns around
A
axis
B
Prime Meridian
C
equator
D
poles
14) a mostly rocky and metal object that orbits the sun
A
moon
B
asteroid
C
planet
D
planetoid
15) a large, round object in space that travels around a star
A
moon
B
satellite
C
planet
D
asteroid
16) a vehicle propelled by the exhaust made from a burning fuel
A
rocket
B
station
C
shuttle
D
probe
17) all of space and everything in it including stars, planets, galaxies, etc...
A
galaxy
B
solar system
C
universe
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
jovian planet
B
artificial planet
C
terrestrial planet
D
planetoid
19) a system of planets or other bodies orbiting another star
A
universe
B
Keiper belt
C
solar system
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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