Earth and Stars Bellringers

Earth and Stars

Bellringers

Multiple Choice

1. Why does the Sun appear to be so much larger than all other stars?

• The Sun is the closest star to Earth.

• The Sun has the highest temperature.

• The Sun is brighter than all the other stars.

• The Sun has more gases than all the other stars.

Multiple Choice

Franco and his dad like to look at stars that seem to form a pattern. Such stars appear to be larger than many other stars.

If stars in patterns are actually the same size, color, and brightness as other stars, what could cause them to look bigger?

• their size

• their color

• their brightness

• their closeness to Earth

Multiple Choice

Sally is studying objects in the sky that give off light energy. Which of the following gives off light energy?

• the Moon, because it lights up the nighttime sky

• clouds, because they are bright white in the daytime

• the Sun, because it is a star

• Jupiter, because it is a planet

Multiple Choice

What is one way that the Sun is different from other stars?

• It is a yellow star.

• It is the largest star.

• It produces mechanical energy.

• It provides light for Earth.

Multiple Choice

Andre is in charge of making a bulletin board about the Sun for his classroom. Which of the following statements is NOT true and should not be written on the board?

• The Sun is a star.

• The Sun produces energy.

• The Sun produces light.

• The Sun produces electrical energy.

Multiple Choice

Sasha walked around a puddle on her way to school. On her way home, she noticed the puddle was gone.

Which of the following best explains why the puddle disappeared?

• Birds drank all of the water in the puddle.

• The water drained off of the sidewalk and into the ground.

• So many children splashed in the puddle that it disappeared.

• Energy from the Sun made the puddle evaporate.

Multiple Choice

A rocket takes off from Earth.

How does the rocket overcome the force of gravity?

• The force of the rocket engine is greater

  than the force of gravity on the rocket.

• The force of gravity on the rocket is greater than the force of the rocket engine.

• The force of the smoke on the rocket is greater than the force of gravity on the rocket.

• The force of the air pushing on the rocket is greater than the force of gravity on the rocket.

Multiple Choice

Which of the statements below about flying insects and gravity is correct?

• Gravity does act on flying objects.

• Flying insects apply force to overcome the pull of gravity.

• Gravity does not affect insects because they are too small.

• Gravity do es not affect flying insects because they fly very fast.

Multiple Choice

Tina and Ron both had full glasses of ice water with the same amount of ice. Their water was the same temperature. After a few minutes, Ron’s ice cubes had all melted, but Tina’s had not. Tina’s glass was in the shade, while Ron’s was in the sunlight. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

• The ice that was in the shade was kept at a cooler temperature.

• The ice that was in the sunlight melted more quickly because the Sun provides heat.

• Temperatures are higher in objects kept in sunlight than in objects kept in the shade.

• Temperatures are lower in objects kept in sunlight than in objects kept in the shade.

Multiple Choice

Donavon went to the beach early in the morning. He walked in the sand with no shoes. When Donavon left that afternoon, he walked back through the sand with no shoes, and the sand was burning his feet. Which of the following does NOT explain what happened?

• Sand absorbs heat from the Sun’s rays.

• Donavon had a sunburn, and the bottoms of his feet were more sensitive.

• The temperature of the sand was much higher when Donavon left than when he got there. The temperature was cool in the morning and had heated up in the afternoon, causing the sa nd to heat up. 4

• The temperature was cool in the morning and had heated up in the afternoon, causing the sa nd to heat up.