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6th grade Texas Science Solar System and Space Exploration #space
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Any spacecraft or natural object that orbits a more massive object
comet
rocket
satellite
planet
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Small chunk of rock and dust existing outside Earth's atmosphere.
comet
meteoroid
asteroid
dwarf planet
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Reusable space craft designed to carry people & supplies between Earth's surface and orbit
Satellite
Space probe
Space shuttle
Space station
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The Sun together with planets and other objects held by its attraction, revolving around it.
Solar System
Milky Way
Asteroid belt
Earth-Moon system
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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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Made from ice and dust; has a long, elliptical orbit and is known as a "dirty snowball."
Meteor
Asteroid
Comet
Meteoroid
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The 4 largest & brightest natural satellites of Jupiter, discovered by Galileo
Titans moons
Kuiper moons
Galilean moons
Cistercian moons
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A vehicle used to explore the surface of a celestial body like the moon or Mars
probe
shuttle
satellite
rover
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Earth's natural satellite that revolves around Earth from west to east.
space shuttle
Moon
International Space Station
satellite
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Unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the Solar System and transmit data back to Earth.
space probe
space station
space shuttle
rover
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Body consisting of ice, dust, and rock that orbits the Sun in a long, narrow ellipse.
comet
meteor
satellite
moon
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This is a region of our solar system between inner & outer planets where asteroids orbit.
meteoroid belt
oort cloud
kuiper belt
asteroid belt
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This is a large piece of rock or metal made of the same material that made the planets.
comet
star
meteorite
asteroid
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Remains of meteors that have struck the surface of Earth or the Moon.
meteorites
comets
meteoroids
asteroids
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One of 8 large spherical celestial bodies revolving around the Sun
asteroids
meteoroids
planets
dwarf planets
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The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night
revolution
replication
rotation
revelation
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Region beyond the planets, larger than asteroid belt, with remnants of solar system formation
constellation
Kuiper belt
Oort cloud
asteroid belt
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This is Earth's year-long elliptical orbit around the Sun
revelation
redaction
revolution
rotation
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A spacecraft that gets power from an engine full of chemical propellants
satellite
space station
rover
rocket
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This is a meteoroid that burns upon entry into and movement through Earth's atmosphere.
meteorite
asteroid
meteor
comet
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Any vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside Earths atmosphere
spacecraft
satellite
space station
airplane
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A round object like a planet, but has NOT "cleared its neighborhood" of space debris.
dwarf planet
moon
asteroid
star
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Large artificial facility occupied for long periods serving as a work space to conduct research
space shuttle
space hotel
space probe
space station
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These are optical instruments used to view distant objects.
telescopes
microscopes
periscopes
gyroscopes
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Orbiting space station built beginning in 1998 with the cooperation of 16 nations.
Mir
Hubble Space Station
Skylab
International Space Station
