Solar System Study Guide

The word unmanned means __________

• without a person

• with a person

• without hair

A telescope helps us see objects that are far away by ____

• reducing the size of the objects

• reflecting light

• magnifying these objects

Which is a huge sphere of hot gas that gives off light?

• Planet

• Star

• Earth

Why does the sun seem like the biggest star?

• Because it is hot

• Because it is so close to Earth

• Because its closer to the outer planets

Which two things affect star brightness?

• temperature and size

• how close to the outer planets and size

• using a telescope and its temperature

Planets _______ light.

• create

• reflect

• have no

Stars ________ their own light.

• hide

• reflect

• produce (make)

The inner planets can be described as _________

• gas giants

• smaller and mostly solid

• larger and gaseous

Outer planets can be described as ___

• gas giants

• made of gas with rocky cores

• spaced farther apart than inner planets.

• All of the above

When making our solar system plates we are not able to show the correct ______ in our model

• size and distance

• order of planets and apperance

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3