The sun

What is at the center of the Solar System?

• Earth
• Moon
• Sun
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

How many planets orbit the Sun?

• 1
• 4
• 8
• 10

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The sun is a glowing ball of _______.

• water
• liquid
• gases
• rocks

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The sun is a _______.

• star
• planet
• satellite

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The light from the sun....

• only reaches part of the moon because of clouds
• lights up the whole moon but Earth's shadow gets in the way sometimes
• lights up 1/2 the moon and we see different portions of the 1/2 lit moon
• illuminates different amounts of the moon because the distance from the sun changes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How old is the sun

• 17 years
• About 4.5 Million years
• 2 days
• 10 million years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the sun mostly made up of

• Helium
• Core
• Carbon
• Hydrogen

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

How many suns do we have

• 13
• 21
• 1
• 4

The sun appears to move across the sky each day.  What causes this?

• the spinning of the Earth's axis
• The path of the sun around the Earth
• the production the nuclear energy around the sun
• the tilt of the Earth on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the sun made from?

• Heat
• Hydrogen and Helium gas
• Nitrogen gas
• Fire and heat

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1