Planets and Stars

The Sun is a ________, a huge ball of glowing gases.

• planet

• asteroid

• star

• comet

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

The hottest stars are __________.

• green

• red

• yellow

• blue

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The following is true about stars: (Click ALL that apply.)

• The color of a star tells us how hot it is.

• Patterns of stars form constellations.

• Planets are a special type of star.

• There are billions of stars in the universe.

The Sun looks like the largest and brightest star in our galaxy because _________.

• It is the largest and brightest star.

• It is billions of light-years away.

• It is the closest star to us.

• The Sun is not a star, it is a planet.

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

Large objects that are made of gas or rocks are called

• asteroids

• comets

• stars

• planets

The Inner Planets are: (Check all that apply.)

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

The Inner Planets are made of:

• gases

• rubber

• rocky material

• Hydrogen

The hottest planet in the Solar System is ___________.

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Venus

The planet with the shortest year, only 88 days, is _________.

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Mars

The inner planets are ___________ than the outer planets because they are closer to the Sun.

• hotter

• colder