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Duplicate of Space Exploration & Solar System
Duplicate of Space Exploration & Solar System
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6th grade Texas Science Solar System and Space Exploration
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A celestial body like a small planet, but lacking criteria to be classified as a planet.
asteroid
star
moon
dwarf planet
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The Sun together with planets and other objects held by its attraction, revolving around it.
Milky Way
Solar System
Earth-Moon system
Asteroid belt
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This is Earth's year-long elliptical orbit around the Sun
redaction
rotation
revolution
revelation
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This is a region of our solar system between inner & outer planets where asteroids orbit.
asteroid belt
meteoroid belt
oort cloud
kuiper belt
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Orbiting space station built beginning in 1998 with the cooperation of 16 nations.
International Space Station
Hubble Space Station
Skylab
Mir
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A spacecraft that gets power from an engine full of chemical propellants
space station
rocket
satellite
rover
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One of 8 large spherical celestial bodies revolving around the Sun
dwarf planets
meteoroids
planets
asteroids
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Any vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside Earth's atmosphere
airplane
space station
satellite
spacecraft
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Earth's natural satellite that revolves around Earth from west to east.
Moon
space shuttle
satellite
International Space Station
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Large artificial facility occupied for long periods serving as a work space to conduct research
space hotel
space probe
space station
space shuttle
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What phase is this moon?
Waxing Gibbous
First Quarter
Full Moon
Waning Gibbous
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These are optical instruments used to view distant objects.
periscopes
telescopes
microscopes
gyroscopes
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Body consisting of ice, dust, and rock that orbits the Sun in a long, narrow ellipse.
satellite
meteor
moon
comet
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A vehicle used to explore the surface of a celestial body like the moon or Mars
rover
shuttle
probe
satellite
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The investigation of conditions in space using satellites, space probes and manned spacecraft.
Spacecraft
Geology
Space Exploration
Spelunking
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Unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the Solar System and transmit data back to Earth.
space probe
space shuttle
rover
space station
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Luminous celestial body providing our solar system with light and heat
Sun
Moon
Star
Halley's comet
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What is the name of the ROCKET that launched from the USA, May 30th, 2020?
Falcon 9
SpaceX
Saturn V
Vulcan
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Any spacecraft or natural object that orbits a more massive object
satellite
rocket
comet
planet
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Small chunk of rock and dust existing outside Earth's atmosphere.
asteroid
dwarf planet
meteoroid
comet
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The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night
revolution
revelation
replication
rotation
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This is a meteoroid that burns upon entry into and movement through Earth's atmosphere.
comet
meteorite
meteor
asteroid
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Remains of meteors that have struck the surface of Earth or the Moon.
comets
meteorites
asteroids
meteoroids
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This is a large piece of rock or metal made of the same material that made the planets.
star
meteorite
comet
asteroid
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Reusable space craft designed to carry people & supplies between Earth's surface and orbit
Space probe
Space shuttle
Space station
Satellite
