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WMS 7th Gr - The Solar System

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7th Grade

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WMS 7th Gr - The Solar System
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Order these from SMALLEST to LARGEST:

universe, solar system, galaxy.

(Be able to explain why.)

1. Universe

2. Solar System

3. Galaxy

1. Solar System

2. Galaxy

3. Universe

1. Galaxy

2. Universe

3. Solar System

Answer explanation

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Solar System = Sun, 8 Planets, Moon, Asteroid Belt

Galaxy = our Solar System is in the Milky Way Galaxy (there's over 2 trillion galaxies!)

Universe = is EVERYTHING ...our Solar System and all the Galaxies combined

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can you tell the difference between moons and planets? 

Planets are smaller than moons.

Planets revolve around moons.

Moons revolve around planets.

Answer explanation

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Planets all revolve around the sun.

Moons revolve around a planet.

For example...

Earth has 1 moon orbiting around it.

Jupiter has 80 moons orbiting around it.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Using table, fill in ? ? for Saturn.

Basketball

24cm cm

Softball

10 cm

Tennis Ball

5.2 cm

Baseball

7.5 cm

Answer explanation

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Saturn's size is in between Jupiter and Uranus so it has to be....

the basketball at 24 cm.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

 The force of gravitational attraction between the Sun and Venus could be increased by reducing which of the following? 

The period of rotation of the Sun

The distance between the Sun and Venus

The mass of the Sun and Venus

The speed of the orbit of Venus

Answer explanation

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Increase gravitional pull by reducing/decreasing the distance.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is a complete list of the inner planets? 

Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter

Answer explanation

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Inner Planets are the 4 terrestrial planets closest to the sun.

Outer Planets are far from the sun and are called the gas giant planets.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If someone is building a SCALE MODEL of our solar system which characteristic would be the most difficult to build into the model? 

RELATIVE SIZES

of the objects

COLORS

of the objects

DISTANCE between objects 

COMPOSITION

of the objects 

Answer explanation

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Remember Bill Nye's video like the one pictured or using the football fields?

Size, Color, Composition (what made of) is pretty easy to model...

but DISTANCE is difficult to build into model.

Planet Miles from Sun

Mercury 37 milion

Neptune 2.8 billion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The orbital motions of the objects in the solar system

are the direct result of which of the following features of the Sun? 

Its magnetic field

Its brightness

Its gravitational pull

Its chemical composition

Answer explanation

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Gravity keeps the planets moving in orbit around the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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