Su & Other Stars

Multiple Choice

How many stars are in our solar system?

• 1
• 1,000
• 1 million
• Over 1 billion

Multiple Choice

True or False

The sun is the only star we can see in the daytime.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the sun?

• a moon
• a planet
• a star
• a spaceship

Multiple Choice

consists of the sun and all the objects that revolve around it

• solar system

• universe

• planet

• moon

Multiple Choice

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

Multiple Choice

How many planets are there in our Solar System?

• 1

• 2

• 8

• 9

Multiple Choice

What is the largest star in our Solar System?

• Big Dipper

• North Star

• Sun

• Comet

Multiple Choice

Largest planet in solar sytem is:

• venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Fill in the Blank

If 2 stars are the same size & brightness, then the ___ star will appear larger & brighter to us.

Multiple Choice

The order of the planets is:

• Mars,Venus,Earth,
  Mercury,Saturn
  Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
• Earth,Venus,Mars
  Jupiter, Neptune,
  Mercury,Saturn,
  Uranus
• Mercury,Venus,Earth
  Mars,Jupiter,
  Saturn,Uranus
  Neptune

Multiple Choice

The arrow is pointing to which planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Neptune

Multiple Choice

99% of our solar system's mass is what?

• The stars
• The Sun
• The Moon
• Satellites

Multiple Choice

The Sun and other stars are alike in many ways. How is the Sun different from the other stars in the sky?

• The Sun is much larger than all of the other stars.

• The Sun is much hotter than all of the other stars.

• The Sun is much closer to the Earth than other stars.

• The Sun is made up of gases while other stars are not.

Multiple Choice

Sam and Sue are looking up into the night sky and talking about why stars

appear like tiny points of light in the night sky. Which of the following explains

why stars appear to be so small in the night sky?

• stars do not give off much light

• in the night sky all objects look small

• all stars are much smaller than our Sun

• all stars in the night sky are very far away

Multiple Choice

Where in the Milky way galaxy is the solar system?

• In the center.

• On the very outer edge.

• On one of the arms, About 1/2 of the way out from the center.

• We do not know.

Open Ended

Explain how gravity influences the formation of galaxies. Provide a detailed description including the role of dark matter.

Multiple Select

The three conditions that allow us to sustain life on Earth are -

Choose all that apply.

• liquid water

• distance from the Sun / temperature

• atmospheric conditions

• stars

Open Ended

Why is there life on Earth & not other planets or moons in our Solar System?

Multiple Choice

There needs to be a ___ that provides energy like our sun does for us.

• stars

• planets

• moons

• galaxies

Multiple Select

In astronomy, the Goldilocks zone refers to a planet that is the ___ distance from its star where the planet is not too hot and not too cold to have ___ water.

• habitable

• liquid

• solid

• gaseous

Multiple Choice

Which planet can be found in the habitable zone?

• Mercury
• Saturn
• Earth
• Uranus

Multiple Choice

Which planet is covered in water?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars