Unit 8 - Investigating The Solar System - Key Vocabulary Question Preview (ID: 61317)


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a small, rocky body that orbits the Sun; a large asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter
a) Asteroid
b) Comet
c) Gravity
d) Meteor

an object that orbits the Sun; made of frozen water and dust, and has a tail of gas and dust particles that points away from the Sun
a) Comet
b) Gravity
c) Meteor
d) Orbit

force of attraction between two objects due to their masses
a) Gravity
b) Meteor
c) Orbit
d) Revolve

a small piece of matter from outer space that becomes a streak of light when it falls through the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up; also known as a falling or shooting star
a) Meteor
b) Orbit
c) Revolve
d) Rotate

the path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space
a) Orbit
b) Revolve
c) Rotate
d) Surface Gravity

one complete orbit made by a planet or satellite around another object
a) Revolve
b) Rotate
c) Surface Gravity
d) Mercury

the spinning of an object on its axis
a) Rotate
b) Surface Gravity
c) Mercury
d) Venus

the force of gravity at the surface of the Earth or other celestial body
a) Surface Gravity
b) Mercury
c) Venus
d) Earth

1st planet from the Sun
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

2nd planet from the Sun
a) Venus
b) Earth
c) Mars
d) Jupiter

3rd planet from the Sun
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn

4th planet from the Sun
a) Mars
b) Jupiter
c) Saturn
d) Uranus

5th planet from the Sun
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Uranus
d) Neptune

6th planet from the Sun
a) Saturn
b) Uranus
c) Neptune
d) Asteroid

(YOUR-un-nus) 7th planet from the Sun
a) Uranus
b) Neptune
c) Asteroid
d) Comet

8th planet from the sun
a) Neptune
b) Asteroid
c) Comet
d) Gravity

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