Big Idea 5

The sun is a...

• planet

• star

• asteroid

• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Gas giants

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

• Pluto

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

• Earth

Shorter revolutions around the sun

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

• Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The asteroid belt can be found between which two planets?

• Earth and Mars

• Venus and Earth

• Saturn and Uranus

• Mars and Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Why do we see certain stars at different times of the year?

• depends on the position Earth is as it revolved around Sun

• depends on the position the moon is as it orbits the Earth

• depends on the position asteroids

• depends on the position the Sun is as it orbits the moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the major difference between the Earth's rotation and revolution?

• rotation is around Sun, revolution is spinning on its axis

• rotation and revolution mean the same thing

• rotation is spinning on its axis; revolution is around Sun

• the Earth rotates, but it doesn't revolve

Select all the space object that revolve around the Sun.

• planets

• moons

• comets

• asteroids

• rings

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The sun, moon, and stars appear to move across the sky because Earth ​ (a)   on its' axis and revolves around the ​ (b)   Both the Sun and other ​ (c)   give off light and heat. The Sun rises in the ​ (d)   and sets in the west. As the Earth revolves around the Sun some star patterns will be seen in different ​ (e)  

• rotates

• Sun.

• stars

• east

• seasons.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1