Science Constructed Responses

A light year is the ______________ light travels in a ____________. It is used to measure _____________ in space.

• Distance, Year, Distances

• Year, Distance, Distances

• Distance, Distance, Year

What type of galaxy does not have a distinct shape due to a probable collision?

• Elliptical

• Spiral

• Irregular

• Linear

What is a SUNSPOT?

• A really bad sunburn

• A dark area on the sun's surface that gives off less energy than the rest of the sun

• The hottest part of the sun

• The shadow of another object on the sun's surface

Which is considered to be "Earth's Twin" because it is almost the same size?

• Uranus

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

All of the inner planets--

• have rings

• are rocky

• have deep atmospheres

• are large

What is the correct order of the planets from the sun?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The sun is a...

• planet

• star

• asteroid

• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planet is the hottest?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Neptune

Neptune and Uranus both get their blue color from--

• Methane

• Iron

• Storms

• Oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is a STAR?

• A twinkle, like a diamond, in the night sky

• A ball of fire

• Glowing ball of hot gas that makes its own energy and light

• A large spherical object in space