Wednesday Assignment: Comparing Stars Quiz

What are stars?

• balls of cheese

• Electricity

• Giant balls of glowing gas

• Planets

The closest star to Earth is ....

• Sun

• Pluto

• Milky Way

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

• True
• False

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-1

To get the sun to appear bigger in our sky, how would the distance between the sun and earth have to change?

• Earth would have to move closer to the sun
• Earth would have to move farther from the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How many stars are in our solar system?

• 1

• thousands

• millions

• trillions

Why does the sun appear to be so much bigger than the night sky stars?

• The sun is farther

• The sun is closer to Earth

• The night time stars are closer

• The other stars are small

Which star is our sun?

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Which star would appear to be the biggest and brightest from Earth?

• Close and big star

• Far and small star

• Far and big star

• Close and small star

What did Mr. Manning use to represent stars during the lesson?

• Lamps

• Flashlights

• Iphone

• Yellow Construction Paper