The Inner Planets
I am made up of a star and all the objects that orbit around it.
a.) Solar system
b.) Milky way
c.) Pluto
a.) Solar system
I am a large object that orbits a star.
a.) Star
b.) Sun
c.) Planet
c.) Planet
I am an object that produces it's own energy.
a.) Crust
b.) Rock
c.) Star
c.) Star
The central part of the Earth.
a.) Moon
b.) Earth's core
c.) Meteor
b.) Earth's core
Scientist use this to explain how forces deep within the Earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move.
a.) Plate tectonics
b.) Erosion
c.) Precipitation
a.) Plate tectonics
A natural object that orbits a planet.
a.) Sun
b.) Moon
c.) Crust
b.) Moon
Our names are Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa.
a.) Blue moons
b.) Galilean moons
c.) Shooting stars
b.) Galilean moons
Patterns in the stars.
a.) Galaxies
b.) Asteroids
c.) Constellations
c.) Constellations
All of the Earth's liquid and solid water.
a.) Hydrosphere
b.) Cryosphere
c.) Tectonic plates
a.) Hydrosphere
The area around a plate boundary where movement takes place.
a.) Cliff
b.) Fault
c.) Volcano
b.) Fault
I am a rock that revolves around the sun.
a.) Planet
b.) Asteroid
c.) Star
b.) Asteroid
I am made up from gases, ice, dust, and rock, and one of my most famous names is Haley.
a.) Comet
b.) Earth
c.) Water vapor
a.) Comet
I am an exploding star that shines brightly for days or weeks, and then fades away.
a.) Galaxy
b.) Earthquake
c.) Supernova
c.) Supernova
The thin layer of solid rock that makes up the outermost part of the Earth.
a.) Magma
b.) Runoff
c.) Earth's crust
c.) Earth's crust
Hot molten rock below the surface of the Earth.
a.) Obsidian
b.) Transpiration
c.) Magma
c.) Magma
I am one complete trip around the sun, and on Earth it takes me 365 days to complete.
a.) Revolution around the sun
b.) Lightyear
c.) Revolution around the moon
a.) Revolution around the Sun
I am spherical in shape, orbit the sun, and do not clear my own orbit of smaller debris.
a.) Comet
b.) Dwarf planet
c.) Jupiter
b.) Dwarf planet
I am a huge cloud of gases and dust from which a star forms.
a.) Nebula
b.) Neptune
c.) Volcanic eruption
a.) Nebula
The thick layer of solid and molten rock that lies around the core.
a.) Lava
b.) Seismic wave
c.) Mantle
c.) Mantle
Locations where plates move apart.
a.) Sedimentary rocks
b.) Divergent boundaries
c.) Convergent boundaries
b.) Divergent boundaries
I am a complete spin on an axis, and I happen every 24 hours on Earth.
a.) Full moon
b.) Orbital
c.) Rotation
c.) Rotation
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A small and very dense star that shines with a cooler white light.
a.) Sun
b.) White dwarf
c.) Comet
b.) White dwarf
I make up the Earth's surface and can include rivers, mountains, lakes, caves plateaus, or valleys.
a.) Geological features
b.) Water cycle
c.) Rock cycle
a.) Geological features
Plate movement produce huge tilted blocks of rock that are separated from the surrounding rock by faults called...
a.) Craters
b.) Metamorphic rocks
c.) Fault block mountains
c.) Fault block mountains