Sun, Seasons and Solar System

What is at the center of the Solar System?

• Earth
• Moon
• Sun
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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

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

What type of reaction occurs at the core of the Sun?

• Nuclear fusion

• Electrolysis

• Acid Base Reaction

• Combustion

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What model does this represent?

• Geocentric 
• Heliocentric 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Sun spins on its axis

• TRUE
• FALSE

The SUN is an average sized star. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere
• Southern hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3