Grade 5 - Solar System - Lesson 1 2

Tyrone notices that headlights of a car coming toward him at night seem to change. Which statement best describes how the car headlights appear to change?

• The headlights seem to get dimmer as the car gets closer.

• The headlights seem to get smaller as the car gets closer.

• The headlights seem to get brighter as the car gets closer.

• The headlights actually get brighter as the car gets closer.

core • corona • photosphere • radiative zone

 

The sun has three main layers. The layer where the sun's energy is generated is the ____________________. The ____________________ and the convective zone carry that energy to the sun's surface.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which label represents the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that can always be seen with the unaided human eye?

• Chromosphere

• Convective zone

• Corona

• Photosphere

Which planet in the model represents Earth?

• Planet 1

• Planet 2

• Planet 3

• Planet 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which planet in the model has the longest year?

• Planet 1

• Planet 2

• Planet 3

• Planet 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

_______ has two moons.

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

atmosphere allows life

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

_______ has the thinnest atmosphere

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

Hottest planet

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

This diagram shows two objects in our solar system and their orbits.

Circle 1 is a (moon / planet / star). Circle 2 is a (moon / planet / star).

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2