Our Solar System

Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Outside on the playground, students are making a scale model of the solar system. Which of
the following tools will be needed to measure the distance of the planets from the Sun on
the model?

• Balance
• Thermometer
• Computer
• Meter Stick

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth
• Earth and moon orbit Sun
• Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
• Earth and sun orbit moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What planet is eighth in the Solar System?

• Uranus
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is the largest in the solar system?

• Earth
• Venus
• Saturn
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 30 days
• 365 days
•  100 days
• 40 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

All of the following are true about the Sun 
EXCEPT 

• the Sun makes the light we see
• the heat from the Sun is reflected from Moon to the Earth
• sunlight is Earth’s primary source of energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the fourth planet from the Sun?

• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Mercury

A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls
to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon
and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?

• She used the same size balls.
• She made earth orbit the sun.
• She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the nickname of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

• rocky planets
• rock stars
• first four
• final four