What is the source of the Sun's energy?

Nuclear reactions (or nuclear fusion) in the Sun's core are the source of the Sun's energy.

Nuclear reactions (or nuclear fusion) in the Sun's outer most layer are the source of the Sun's energy.

Nuclear reactions (or nuclear fusion) in the Sun's middle layer are the source of the Sun's energy.

Nuclear reactions (or nuclear fusion) while playing video games are the source of the sun's energy.

What objects make up the solar system?

The Sun and all bodies that orbit the Sun including planets and their moons, asteroids, dwarf planets, comets and meteors make up the solar system.

The Sun and all bodies that orbit the Sun excluding planets and their suns, asteroids, dwarf planets, comets, and meteors make up the solar system.

The Sun and all bodies that orbit the Sun including planets and their moons, asteroids, dwarf planets, comets and meteorites make up the solar system.

The School and all the classrooms that orbit the city including the students, teachers, cafeteria food and the Cheez-its.

What are the inner planets and the outer planets, and how do the planets in the 2 groups differ? Mark all that apply.

Inner planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

The inner planets are small and rocky. The outer planets are large and are made up of mainly gases.

Outer planets include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Inner planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn Neptune and Pluto.

The inner planets are large and made of gas and the outer planets are small and rocky.

What keeps the planets in their orbits around the Sun?

Gravitational attraction between the Sun and the planets keep the planets in their orbits around the Sun.

Gravitational attraction between the Moon and the the Sun keep the planets in their orbits around the Sun.

Gravitational attraction between the planets and their moons keep the planets in their orbits around the Sun.

Gravitational attraction between Among Us and Fort Night keep the video games in their orbits around the Sun.

What are the chances of finding liquid water on the surface of Venus? Explain your answer.

The surface temperature on Venus is much higher than the boiling point of water, so liquid water cannot exist there.

The surface temperature on Venus is much lower than the freezing point of water, so liquid water cannot exist there.

The surface temperature on Venus is much cooler than the boiling point of water, so liquid water cannot exist there.

The surface temperature on Venus is the same as the boiling point of water, so liquid water can exist there.

What will happen when the Sun's supply of hydrogen is used up? Mark all that apply.

When the hydrogen is used up the Sun will move into the Red Giant stage of its life cycle and begin to die.

When the hydrogen is used up the Sun will move into the Blue and Gold Giant stage of its life cycle and begin to die.

Hydrogen is the fuel used to generate the Sun's energy.

Hydrogen is the liquid used to generate the Sun's energy.

Suppose you are playing a guessing game with a friend. She says that she is thinking of a planet that takes 84 Earth years to complete one revolution of the Sun. You know that Mars orbits the Sun in 687 days. Is your friend thinking of an inner planet or an outer planet? How do you know? Mark all that apply.

She is thinking of an outer planet.

You know that planets closer to the Sun take less time to orbit the Sun than those farther away. The planet in question takes much longer to orbit the Sun than does Mars, which is the inner planet farthest from the Sun.

She is thinking of an inner planet.

You know that planets closer to the Sun take more time to orbit the Sun than those farther away. The planet in question takes less time to orbit the Sun than does Mars, which is the outer planet farthest from the Sun.

She is thinking of an inner planet because inner planets take longer to orbit the Sun than outer planets do.

What are some advantages of using space probes rather than space craft carrying people to explore outer space?

Travel to even the nearest planet takes a very long time and presents certain dangers and difficulties to humans.

Travel to even the farthest planets takes a very long time and presents certain dangers and difficulties to humans.

Travel to even the nearest planet takes a very short time and presents certain dangers and difficulties to humans.

Travel to even the nearest planet takes a very long time and presents no dangers and no difficulties to humans.

Some scientists have suggested that Pluto is not a planet. What evidence supports such an idea? Mark all that apply.

Unlike the other outer planets, Pluto is small, icy and is rocky.

Pluto's orbit is more elliptical than that of other planets.

Unlike other outer planets, Pluto is large and made of gas.

Pluto's orbit is a perfect circle.

Pluto should only be at Disneyland and not in space.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The word solar means

the Sun.

the Moon.

Earth.

outer space.

Which object can be classified with Earth and Jupiter?

an asteroid

the Moon

Saturn

the Sun

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Our solar system is one part of a larger

asteroid.

comet.

galaxy.

planet.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The arrows in this diagram are pointing to

stars.

planets.

moons.

comets.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Sun is a(n)

asteroid.

meteor.

planet.

star.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Gravity causes

objects to fall.

objects to rise.

objects to fly.

objects to float.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an orbit?

a path toward an object.

a path around an object.

a path away from an object.

a path above an object.

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