Sun and Solar System

The SUN is an average sized star. 

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere

• Southern hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.

• It is spring.

• It is winter.

• It is fall.

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When are the equinoxes?

• June & December

• July & January

• April & October

• March & September

Which of the following are terrestrial (inner) planets?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Venus

Earth's axis is tilted at - 

• 23.5 degrees

• 33.5 degrees

• 28 degrees

• 90 degrees

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

They are small and have rocky bodies. 

• this describes the inner planets 

• this describes the outer planets 

Which of the following are Jovian (outer) planets?

• Mars

• Venus

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Jupiter

The Sun formed when the dense concentration of gas and dust at the center of a rotating disk reached a temperature and pressure high enough to fuse hydrogen into

• carbon

• lava

• helium

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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What is the primary source of energy for the Earth?

• The Moon

• The Sun

• The Stars

• The Planets

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