Solar System

What is the center of our solar system?

• moon
• earth
• sun
• Jupiter

Which one takes 24 hours?

• rotation
• revolution

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

What describes the earth going around the sun?

• rotation
• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes day and night?

• rotation
• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which one takes one year?

• rotation
• revolution

What is the sun?

• a star
• a comet
• a planet
• an asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How does the moon get its light?

• it reflects the sun's light onto the earth
• it creates its own light, similar to a star
• it gathers light from earth during the day
• the moon is actually a yellow color, so it appears to be bright during the nighttime

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The four inner planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The outer planets are...

• Rocky and small
• Very large and made of ice
• Small and made of ice
• Very large and made of gases

Which two planets are out of order in this list of our solar system?
Mercury-Earth-Venus-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune-Pluto.

• Mercury and Earth
• Earth and Venus
• Saturn and Jupiter
• Uranus and Neptune