Solar System and Star Review

What is a Solar System?

• Space

• Collection of the sun and all the objects that move around it

• Collection of the Earth and all the objects that move around it

• The Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following is NOT a part of our Solar System

• Sun

• Planets

• Black Hole

• Asteroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

True or False: The Sun orbits the Earth

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which word below means: something capable of throwing back light for a surface

• Reflective

• Relative Distance

• Luminosity

• Apparent brightness

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which of the following words means: something that makes light direction change and creates a dimness or change of color.

• Apparent Brightness

• Relative Distance

• Luminosity

• Scattering

Which of the following words means: total amount of light a star emits

• Luminosity

• Star

• Reflecting

• Scattering

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Apparent brightness is _________.

• Measure of how smart a student is

• Measure of brightness as seen by an observer on the Moon

• Measure of brightness as seen by an observer on Earth

• Distance of something in relation to something else

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Relative Distance is _________.

• Distance of something in relation to something else

• Brightness of something in relation to something else

• Measure of brightness

• Total amount of light a star emits

Nuclear Fusion is important in stars because __________.

• Turns them into a deadly weapon

• Gives starts their glow

• Gives starts their size

• Allows stars to talk to each other

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

True or False: The bigger the star, the brighter it is.

• True

• False