NTI Week 7 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

Which definition accurately describes the Astronomical Unit (AU)?

• The average distance between the planets. 
• The average distance between Earth and Mars.
• The average distance between the Earth and the Sun. 
• The average size of the Earth compared to the Sun. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How do the sizes of the inner planets compare to the sizes of the outer planets?

• The inner planets are larger.
• The outer planets are smaller.
• There is no size difference between the inner and outer planets.
• The inner planets are smaller.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Describe how the distances between the orbits of the inner planets compare to the distances between the orbits of the outer planets.

• The distances between orbits of the outer planets are much smaller.
• The distances between orbits of the outer planets are much larger.
• The distances between orbits of the inner planets are much larger.
• There is no difference between the distances of the orbits of the inner planets and the outer planets.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

This shows 

• Size difference between the planets accurately
• Distance between the planets accurately
• All choices

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A student made a model of how the planets orbit the sun. She used a tennis ball to represent the sun. She used ping-pong balls to represent each planet, and painted each one a different color. Then, she placed all the ping-pong balls equal distances apart in a line extending out from the sun. What are two limitations of the student's model?

• She used the same size balls to represent the planets.

• She made planets orbit the sun.

• The planets are not the correct distances from the sun.

• The solar system can't be modeled using actual objects.

Which planet in the Solar system has the shortest revolutionary period?

• Mercury
• Earth
• Jupiter
• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The graph shows the averages temperatures of the planets in our solar system. Which planet has the greatest average temperature?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

If you were going to make a scale model of the Solar system what planet should be the largest?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Earth
• Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3