Space recap Y5

Is the Sun

• a planet?

• a star?

• a meteorite?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In our solar system there are _ planets​

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which word best describes the shape of the Earth, Sun and Moon?

• round

• circle

• spherical

• oval

First planet from the Sun

Second planet from the Sun

Fourth planet from the Sun

Fifth planet from the Sun

What evidence did Aristotle find to prove the Earth was spherical NOT flat?

• • He found that when he observed a ship sail across the ocean, the ship’s hull disappeared below the horizon first.

• • He found that you could see different stars in the northern skies than you could see in the southern skies

• • He observed that the shadow that the Earth made on the Moon during an eclipse was curved.

• All of the above

An _____ is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun?

• 364 days

• 365 days

• 365.25 days

• 366 days