The solar System

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How do we measure distance in space?

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Which theory has the Earth as the center?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

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A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Lunarcentric

• Humancentric

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What new technology did Galileo use to make his observations?

• Telescope

• Microscope

• Eyeglasses

• Mirrors

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What is the solar system?

• The sun

• The planets

• The sun and planets ONLY

• The sun, planets, and all other objects that orbit the sun

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Which planet is the closest to our sun?

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

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Which planet is the farthest away from our sun?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

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Why do the planets orbit the sun?

• They don't, the planets orbit the Earth

• Because Science

• The sun is so massive that it has a very large gravitational pull, which causes objects to orbit it

• Because they want to

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Our Solar System_________

• Is an arrangement of 8 planets that are very close together

• Has 8 planets, but is mostly empty space

• Has 9 planets that are very close together

• Has 9 planets and is mostly empty space

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T/F: the sun is the biggest star in our galaxy

• True, that is why we have the only solar system

• False, there are much bigger stars than our sun

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Why do scientists use scale to study the Solar System?

• The solar system is too large to study without using scale

• The solar system is too small to study without using scale

• Scientists don't need to use scale because we have satelites

• All of the above

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The earth is....

• the 3rd rock from the sun

• closest to the sun

• called the Red planet

• the only planet we know that sustains life

Match

Match the following

Earth

Mars

Saturn

Jupiter

Sun

• Earth

• Mars

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Sun

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A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.

• static electricity 
• rotation
• gravity
• orbit

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What is the largest planet?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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The Solar System contains

• 8 planets

• milky way

• the universe

• 4 rocky planets and 4 gas planets

Open Ended

Why can't we see stars during the day?