Sun, Earth, and Moon

Match the following definition to the vocabulary word.

• outermost layer of sun's atmosphere

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• cooler areas of the sun

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• surface of the sun we see from earth

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• large group of stars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following vocabulary word to its definition.

• object that revolves around a planet

• moon

• layer of gases

• hydrosphere

• eruption of waves & particles into space

• atmosphere

• Earth's waters

• solar flare

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun's galaxy is called the

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Although the sun is only a ​ (a)   -sized star, it is the ​ (b)   object in our solar system.

• medium
• largest
• giant
• smallest

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Characteristics of Earth include:

• It doesn't have rings or alot of moons

• only planet known to have life

• only planet covered mostly by water

• one of the 9 planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Characteristics of the Moon include...

• can't produce light of its own

• has depressions called craters

• its mass is much less than that of Earth

• has a lot of atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

It takes the ​ (a)   around ​ (b)   days to revolve around the Earth.

• moon
• 28
• galaxy
• 32

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Unlike the sun and the moon, Earth makes ​ (a)   complete spin every ​ (b)   hours making it one Earth day.

• one
• 24
• two
• 48