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PLTW: What is a Star?

Authored by Stephanie Renfro

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

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PLTW: What is a Star?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A measurement of how bright stars would appear if all stars were the same distance from Earth; also known as luminosity.

magnitude

evidence

apparent magnitude

absolute magnitude

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

measurement of how bright a star appears from Earth.

star

Sun

apparent magnitude

absolute magnitude

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Information that explains or supports a claim.

evidence

hypothesis

conclusion

question

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

curved path of an object around a star, planet, or moon.

Star

orbit (noun)

orbit (verb)

Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

To move around a larger object in space.

orbit (noun)

solar system

orbit (verb)

evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

huge sphere of very hot, glowing gas that produces its own light.

planet

dwarf planet

moon

star

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The system of planets, including Earth, moons, and other bodies that orbit the Sun.

solar eclipse

solar system

solar planet

solar storm

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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