Dynamic Planet Science Olympiad

Two wires carrying electricity can create a spark if they come too close together. This spark can start a fire. Wires carrying electricity are usually covered with plastic to keep them from starting a fire. Why does the plastic keep the electricity from starting a fire?

• Plastic is a good insulator.

• Plastic is softer than wire.

• Plastic can melt when heated.

• Plastic conducts electricity.

Which of these is the best conductor of electricity?

• Glass rod

• Cotton string

• Plastic tubing

• Copper penny

A teacher mixes a white powder into a beaker of water. The powder cannot be seen in the water. The teacher then heats the mixture until the water evaporates and the powder can be seen again. Which property of the powder is the teacher demonstrating?

• Solubility

• Density

• Conductivity

• Mass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A student measures the temperature of water being heated on a hot plate. The student observes that the temperature of the water is 53°C. How many more degrees Celsius must the temperature rise before it reaches the boiling temperature of water?

• 159°C

• 69°C

• 20°C

• 47°C

is a giant, gaseous planet. You can see the huge storm, called the Great Red Spot, which has been raging for at least 400 years.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Earth

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Name the planets!

d

e

f

g

h

c

b

a

Mars

Earth

Venus

Mercury

Neptune

Jupiter

Uranus

Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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​ (a)   is the fourth planet from the Sun.

• Mars

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Venus

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the third planet from the sun?
(a)  

• Earth

• Venus

• Mars

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

is the only planet in the solar system with known life.

• Venus

• Uranus

• Earth

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?