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Space Club 5

Space Club 5

Assessment

Presentation

Science

1st - 5th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-3, MS-PS1-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tanya Aisley

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9 Slides • 31 Questions

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Terrestrial Planets: Mercury and Venus

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Fill in the Blank

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What does the word TERRA mean in Latin?

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Multiple Choice

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Are TERRESTRIAL planets the same as INNER planets?

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Yes

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No

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Draw

Mark Mercury on this picture.

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Multiple Choice

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The smallest planet in our solar system and nearest to the Sun, Mercury is only slightly larger than ____

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Mars

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Venus

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Moon

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Pluto

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is Mercury?

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Draw

Select the best color for Mercury and draw it.

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Multiple Choice

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In Roman myths, he is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, and thieves.

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Mars

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Mercury

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Saturn

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Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

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Mercury shares a lot of characteristics with which Greek god?

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Aries

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Zeus

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Hermes

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Apollo

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Multiple Choice

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What color is the sky on Mercury?

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Draw

Pick the color of the Mercury sky and paint the Mercury sky.

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Multiple Choice

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Is there air on Mercury?

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Yes

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No

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Multiple Choice

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Is Mercury the hottest planet in the Solar System?

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Yes

2

No

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Multiple Choice

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Which one is the hottest then?

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Mars

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Earth

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Venus

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Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

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In Roman mythology, she was the goddess of love and beauty, the Roman Version of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite.

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Cassiopeia

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Andromeda

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Venus

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Valkiriya

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​Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

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Draw

Mark Venus on this picture.

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is Venus?

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Multiple Choice

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How high can the daytime temperatures on Mercury rise?

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As hot as 300 F

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As hot as 500 F

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As hot as 700 F

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As hot as 800 F

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​The Hottest Place on Earth

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Multiple Choice

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What is the highest record temperature on Earth, that was registered in Death Valley, California?

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120 F

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127 F

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134 F

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140 F

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Multiple Choice

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What is the lowest temperature on Mercury at night?

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- 290 F

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- 390 F

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- 490 F

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- 590 F

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​The Coldest Place on Earth

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Multiple Choice

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What was the lowest temperature on Earth, registered in Russian Siberia, in 1983?

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- 100.6 F

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- 120.6 F

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- 128.6 F

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- 138.6 F

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Draw

Select the best color for Venus and draw it.

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Multiple Select

Where do we use lead?

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Multiple Choice

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Under what temperature does lead melt?

It is called melting point in chemistry.

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500 F

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621.3 F

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700 F

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800 F

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Multiple Choice

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Venus is the hottest planet. What is the highest temperature there?

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880 F

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500 F

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800 F

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900 F

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Multiple Choice

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Is temperature on Venus hot enough to melt lead?

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Yes

2

No

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Fill in the Blank

On Venus, the atmosphere is so thick, that moving your arms and legs would feel like moving through _____ .

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Multiple Choice

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Imagine yourself standing on Venus's surface in the bubble that shields you from all the armful elements on Venus. Would you be able to see the Sun?

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Yes

2

No

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Multiple Select

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Select only the rocky planets.

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Mars

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Mercury

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Venus

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Jupiter

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Earth

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Multiple Choice

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Why do rocky planets are also called INNER planets?

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Because they are inside our solar system

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Because they have INNER core

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Because they lie within the asteroid belt that separates Mars and Jupiter

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Because they are located inside a magnetic field that surrounds the first 4 planets

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Draw

Mark Mars on this picture.

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Multiple Choice

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As the earth turns, the sun seems to move across the sky. But it's actually not the sun, it's the earth that is spinning around.

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True

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False

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  • Luna

It's hard to believe the earth is always turning, because we don't feel any motion. Why is that?

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  • Boaz

Imagine you are in a spaceship high above the North Pole. What would you observe?

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  • Avielle

Describe the experiment that illustrates how we move from light to darkness.

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Terrestrial Planets: Mercury and Venus

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