Outside on the playground, students are making a scale model of the solar system. Which of the following tools will be needed to measure the distance of the planets from the Sun on the model?
Balance
Thermometer
Computer
Meter Stick
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?
Sun and moon orbit Earth
Earth and moon orbit Sun
Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
Earth and sun orbit moon
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Many of the tests for vehicle development and spacesuit development take place in Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona. This desert site was most likely chosen to test the vehicles and spacesuits because
the desert site has weather most like the Moon or Mars
the desert has plants and animals most like the Moon or Mars
the desert site is most like the surface of the Moon or Mars
the desert site has a temperature most like the Moon or Mars
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What planet is eighth in the Solar System?
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
Mars
5. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
Earth
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
30 days
365 days
100 days
40 days
7. Multiple Choice
5 seconds
1 pt
All of the following are true about the Sun EXCEPT
the Sun makes the light we see
the heat from the Sun is reflected from Moon to the Earth
sunlight is Earth’s primary source of energy
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is the fourth planet from the Sun?
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?
She used the same size balls.
She made earth orbit the sun.
She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.
10. Multiple Choice
5 seconds
1 pt
Complete the analogy. Planet is to Earth, as satellite is to:
star
sun
moon
asteroid
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Complete the analogy. Oceanographer is to ocean, as astronomer is to:
animals
rocks and minerals
maps
space
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is the nickname of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
rocky planets
rock stars
first four
final four
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Saturn
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Do you think dwarf planets are important?
Yes, They are leftovers from the formation of the solar system.
No. They don't mean anything.
None of the above.
All of the above
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In a complete sentence name three physical features of the Earth?