Scale of Solar System

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Describe how the distances between the orbits of the inner planets (1st four from the sun) compare to the distances between the orbits of the outer planets (four farthest from the sun).
The distances between orbits of the outer planets are much smaller.
The distances between orbits of the outer planets are much larger.
The distances between orbits of the inner planets are much larger.
There is no difference between the distances of the orbits of the inner planets and the outer planets.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What planet is spinning the fastest on its axis?
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Earth
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which planet in the Solar system orbits the sun in the shortest amount of time?
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Neptune
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What planets year (Period of Revolution) is shorter than its day (Period of Rotation)?
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
Uranus
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which unit of measurement is used to measure distances within our solar system?
inches
kilometers
miles
Astronomical units
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which planet in the Solar system is tilted nearly 90* directly toward the Sun?
Earth
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you were to make a scale model of the Solar system what planets in the solar system should be most similar in size?
Earth and Venus
Mars and Mercury
Uranus and Neptune
Jupiter and Saturn
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
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