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Which celestial object best represents a moon?

a) E

b) B

c) D

d) C

a natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere

a) celestial object

b) GPS satellite

c) international space station

d) space probe

a distinctive attribute or aspect of something

a) feature

b) composition

c) property

d) quality

a chunk of rock or dust in space, generally smaller than an asteroid

a) meteoroid

b) meteor

c) meteorite

d) comet

a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit

a) comet

b) meteoroid

c) meteor

d) meteorite

one of the rocky objects revolving around the sun that is too small and numerous to be considered a planet.

a) asteroid

b) meteoroid

c) meteor

d) comet

a natural satellite that orbits a planet

a) moon

b) meteoroid

c) meteor

d) all of the answer choices

an object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.

a) planet

b) sun

c) moon

d) comet

a large, gaseous body at the center of the solar system

a) sun

b) galaxy

c) planet

d) constellation

a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometers

a) astronomical unit

b) light year

c) orbit

d) revolution

the system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it

a) solar system

b) galaxy

c) universe

d) all of the answer choices

What celestial object does this model best represent?

a) comet

b) meteoroid

c) asteroid

d) planet

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