Solar System and Sun

Which of the outer planets have rings?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

• All of the above.

Which planet is the largest in our Solar System?

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Earth

• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which layer of the sun do you see when you look at it in the sky (never look directly at the sun).

• Chromosphere

• Corona

• Photosphere

• Core

The sun looks so large because it is the closest star in the Galaxy.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Our solar system is in the _____________________ Galaxy.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

It takes Earth 18 hours to complete one rotation.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sun-centered model of the solar system.

• Kuiper Belt

• Meteoroid

• Heliocentric Model

• Gravitational Attraction

• Chromosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The path a planet travels around the sun is called:

• orbit

• route

• circle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Region of minor planets beyond Neptune.

• Gravitational Attraction

• Meteoroid

• Chromosphere

• Radiative zone

• Kuiper Belt

The middle layer of the sun's atmosphere.

• Radiative zone

• Meteoroid

• Kuiper Belt

• Gravitational Attraction

• Chromosphere