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What is the sun mostly made up of

• Helium

• Core

• Carbon

• Hydrogen

The Sun is a giant sized star.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• Maybe

• Scientists do not know

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The Sun is an average, middle sized star. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

• Maybe

• Scientists do not know.

The Sun is a

• Yellow Super Giant

• Yellow Dwarf

• White Dwarf

• Yellow Giant

The diagram below represents the Earth’s orbital path around the sun. The Earth takes the same amount of time to move from A to B as from C to D.

• The shaded sections of the diagram are equal in area.

• The distance from the sun to the Earth is the same at point A and at point D.

• The orbital velocity of the Earth at point A equals its orbital velocity at point C.

• The gravitational force between the Earth and the sun at point B is the same as the gravitational force at point D.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Which term describes when the Earth spins on its axis.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Kepler's Laws

• Precession

Which term describes the time it takes for Earth to complete one circle around the sun.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Barycenter

Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets are oval in shape or 

• ellipses

• perfect circles

Kepler's 2nd Law deals with 

• the shape of the planets' orbits

• the speed/area the planet travels 

• the length of time it takes the planet to orbit the sun

Planets orbit the Sun in a shape called a(n)

• circle

• ellipse

• focus

• perihelion