Topic 8 Lesson 1 Planets and Sun

Match the images of the four inner planets and their fact

• rotates from east to west

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• red planet with largest volcano

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• only object known to harbor life

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• Has no real atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Match the images of the outer planets and their fact

• 2-3 Earth's could fit inside Red Spot

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• Windiest planet in the solar system

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• Axis of rotation is tilted 90 degrees

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• Rings may measure several meters across

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The sun is made mostly of ​ (a)   .

• gas
• liquid
• solid

Label the correct interior structures of the sun.

a

b

c

Radiative Zone

Core

Convection Zone

Organize the features of the sun into the correct categories

Groups:

(a) Prominences

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(b) Sunspot

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(c) Solar Flare

• huge loop of plasma

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• Dark areas on sun surface, generally cooler

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• when prominences connect and release energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The inner layer of the sun's atmosphere is called the ​ (a)   . The glow of the photosphere comes from the middle layer of the sun's atmosphere which is called the ​ (b)   . The outer layer, which looks like a white halo, is called the ​ (c)   .​

• photosphere
• chromosphere
• corona
• core
• prominence

Which of the following are the three characteristics that make a celestial object a planet?

• Round

• Orbits the sun

• Cleared the region along its orbit of debris

• rocky body

• made of gases

Distances in space are so large that scientists must use a special unit called ​ (a)   A

• Astronomical Unit
• Light Year
• Parsec

What are the two elements that make up majority of the sun?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Methane

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Put the 4 rocky planets in order starting with the closest to the sun.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars