Stars and Solar System

True or False
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.

• True
• False

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Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

• They are much smaller
• They are so far away
• They are not as bright
• They are dwarf stars

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What is the name of the largest stars?

• Protostars
• Supergiants
• Red Giants
• Dwarf Stars

Why does the sun look small in the sky to us?

• It is 93,000,000 miles away
• It is smaller than Earth
• It is not very bright
• It travels around Earth

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

True or False
Constellations are stars that appear to be in a pattern.

• True
• False

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

natural object visible in the sky

• Gravity

• Celestial bodies

• Inertia

• Inner planets

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man-made object that orbits an object in space

• Artificial Satellite

• Moon

• Natural satellite

• planet

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

is made of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets

• Solar system

• Asteroid belt

• Galaxy

• Universe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Inside the asteroid belt and surfaces made of rock Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Solar system

• Galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

planets outside the asteroid belt and surface made of gas Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• inner planets

• outer planets

• Solar system

• Galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3