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6th - 8th Grade

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Solar System Scaling
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the IAU?

International Astronomical Union

Iowa-Altoona University

International Astrological Interpretation

Internal Astronomy Units

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Astronomical System of Units developed?

Because astronomers hated the Imperial measurements

So scientists can feel special

Standard measurements were too small to effectively measure space objects

Because scientists are incredibly lazy and the ASU is easy

3.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

THe Astronomical System of Units measures three things. ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

Time
Mass
Distance
Weight
Density
Angle
Volume

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This standard measurement is 86,400 seconds long and is the time it takes for Earth to rotate once on its axis

Year

Month

Week

Day

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

It takes Neptune 165 of these to revolve around the Sun, but it only takes Earth one of these to complete a revolution around the Sun.

Decade

Year

Month

Century

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Match the following time measurement to its converted length

86,400 seconds

Second

29.5 days

Year

365.25 days

Month

Fine decay of a Caseium-133 atom

Day

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Match the following distance measurements to what they measure

Anything further than the solar system

Astronomical Unit

Solar system objects

Lunar distance

Near-Earth Objects

Light-year

Orbiting objects like satellites

Kilometers

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