Beyond Earth

The ​ (a)   is a group that includes the ​ (b)   planets and the ​ (c)   .

• solar system
• 8
• sun
• 9
• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Match the following

• Jupiter

• 
• Uranus

• 
• Venus

• 
• Earth

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Match the following

• Neptuno

• 
• Saturn

• 
• Mercurio

• 
• Marte

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Order the planets from the nearest to the farthest from the sun.

Venus ​ (a)  

Mars ​ (b)  

Uranus ​ (c)  

Jupiter ​ (d)  

• 2
• 4
• 7
• 5
• 1
• 3
• 8
• 6

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Order the planets from the nearest to the farthest from the sun.

Saturn​ ​ (a)  

Neptune ​ ​ (b)  

Mercury ​ ​ (c)  

Earth ​ ​ (d)  

• 6
• 8
• 1
• 3
• 2
• 7
• 5
• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

1. ​ (a)   are space objects or celestial bodies that go around a central star.

2. ​ (b)   are giant spheres of gas that let off great amounts of energy.

3. In the solar system that central star is the ​ (c)   .

• Planets
• Stars
• sun
• celestial
• solar system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Choose the correct answer

1. The sun is ​ (a)   .

2. Sunlight is ​ (b)   .

3. The sun is ​ (c)   star.

• the closet star to Earth
• indispensable to life on Earth
• an old
• a dwarf planet
• very cold
• a middle-aged

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun ...

• makes its own light

• is a bright star with hot gases

• is 4.5 billion years old

Mark the characteristics of planets.

• They are all the same.

• They revolve around the sun.

• They have a spherical shape.

• They are different sizes.

• There are similarities and differences between them.

Fill the blanks. 

1. The sun is the source of ​ (a)   and heat for Earth.

2. The sun is a bright sphere consisting of very hot ​ (b)   .

3. The sun is a big ​ (c)   .

4. The sun is ​ (d)   years old.

• light
• gases
• star
• 4.5 billion
• old
• 5.4 billion