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Exoplanets

Authored by Kedric Greenawalt

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Exoplanets
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What happens if a planet is too close to a star?

it will be too hot for liquid water

it will be too cold for liquid water

it will be dark for plants to grow

it will rotate too quickly

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What happens if a planet is too far away from a star?

it will be too hot for liquid water

it will be too cold for liquid water

it will be bright for plants to grow

it will rotate too quickly

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A planet outside of our solar system that orbits a star is officially called ___

an alien planet
an exoplanet
a martian planet
a distant planet

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the Habitable zone?

A zone where planets get the right amount of heat and light for liquid water to exist.

A zone in our Solar System where aliens live

A zone where plants get too much sunlight.

A zone on the Earth where most people live.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the problem with seeing planets orbiting other stars?

They are faint.

They are hidden by the luminosity of their parent star.

They are really far away.

All of these answers are correct

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The beauty of finding exoplanets with the transit method is that the amount of starlight blocked tells you ___

how far away the planet is

how big the planet is

the density of the planet

the mass of the planet

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a planet passes directly between an observer and the star it orbits, it blocks some of that star's light. For a moment this causes the dimming in the light of the star. This method is called...

radial velocity

gravitational microlensing

direct imaging

transit

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