S4E1 Stars and Planets

True or False
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.

• True
• False

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

• They are much smaller
• They are so far away
• They are not as bright
• They are dwarf stars

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

True or False
Constellations are stars that appear to be in a pattern.

• True
• False

What are stars?

• Rocky bodies
• Hot exploding balls of gas
• 5 pointed shapes
• Hollywood actors

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

Large astronomical body objects in our Universe that produces and emits its own light is __________________?

• Nebulas

• Comets

• Planets

• Stars

True or False:
As Earth turns on its axis, stars APPEAR to move across the sky.

• T
• F

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The star around which Earth and other planets orbit.

• Moon
• Sun
• Mars
• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A planet is...

• ...a hot ball of gas.
• ...something that can produce its own light.
• ...a body that orbits around another planet.
• ...a body of rock or gas that orbits a star.

Which of the following is an inner planet?

• Venus
• Jupiter
• Pluto
• Saturn

Which of the following is an outer planet?

• Earth
• Mars
• Venus
• Neptune