Objects in the Sky

What is the Sun?

• A star

• A planet

• A moon

• A constellation

What is the moon?

• An object made of extremely hot gases

• A very large body in outer space that orbits the Sun or another star

• A natural object that revolved around a planet

• A group of stars that make a pattern

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which picture shows revolving?

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Which picture shows rotating?

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Choose all that make sense: The Sun ______

• is made of hot gases

• revolves around Earth

• is the closest star to Earth

• is a planet

What is an axis?

• The pattern of portions of the moon that are lit by the Sun over time.

• A natural object that revolves around a planet.

• A group of stars that make a pattern.

• An imaginary line through the center of a sphere.

Which image shows a constellation?

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What are moon phases?

• The pattern of portions of the moon that are lit by the Sun over time.

• A natural object that revolves around a planet.

• A group of stars that make a pattern.

• An imaginary line through the center of a sphere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a constellation?

• The pattern of portions of the moon that are lit by the Sun over time.

• A natural object that revolves around a planet.

• A group of stars that make a pattern.

• An imaginary line through the center of a sphere.

The Earth, other planets, and the Sun spin on an axis.

• True

• False

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