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Celestial Objects

Celestial Objects

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Alesia Adams

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9 questions

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1.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • Ungraded

Celestial objects are all objects that are found within the universe. Our location on Earth, the third planet from the Sun, within the solar system inside the Milky Way galaxy, is just one of many objects within the known universe.

Below are three statements. Identify which statement you believe NOT to be true

All celestial objects have unique physical properties.

All celestial objects are made of the same materials with similar physical properties.

All celestial objects are made of different materials.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Throughout history, people have sought to understand the structure of the solar system. Which of the following explains the development of the historical models of the solar system?

At first humans believed in the geocentric model, which placed the Sun at the center of the solar system, but they later changed to the heliocentric model, which placed Earth in the center of the solar system.

At first humans believed in the heliocentric model, which placed Earth at the center of the solar system, but they later changed to the geocentric model, which placed the Sun in the center of the solar system.

At first humans believed in the heliocentric model, which placed the Sun at the center of the solar system, but they later changed to the geocentric model, which placed Earth in the center of the solar system.

At first humans believed in the geocentric model, which placed Earth at the center of the solar system, but they later changed to the heliocentric model, which placed the Sun in the center of the solar system.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The diagram below illustrates the locations of various celestial objects within our solar system. Which answer correctly identifies the locations of those objects in the solar system?

1–Moon,

2–planet,

3–comet,

4–asteroid, 5–meteoroid, 6–Sun

1–planet,

2–Sun,

3–asteroid, 4–comet,

5–meteor,

6–Moon

1–planet,

2–Moon,

3–meteoroid, 4–comet,

5–asteroid, 6–Sun

1–comet,

2–Sun,

3–asteroid, 4–meteor,

5–Moon,

6–planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the composition of the Sun?

Liquid nitrogen and solid magnesium

Molten rock primarily made of iron

Dense and composed of hot gases

Lightweight particles of dust and gas

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Regular eclipses of the Sun and the Moon are best explained by which of the following?

The different reflective properties of the objects

The movement of Earth and the Moon around the Sun

The rotation of Earth and the Moon on their axes

The masses of the Sun, Earth, and the Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the two main physical characteristics that are used to classify planets?

Upper/lower planet, gaseous/

liquid planet

Upper/lower planet, terrestrial/

gaseous planet

Inner/outer planet, terrestrial/

gaseous planet

Inner/outer planet, gaseous/

liquid planet

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