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- 1. Multiple Choice
How are the inner planets similar to each other? (Select all that apply)
Small
Dense
Rocky surfaces
Gas surfaces
- 2. Multiple Choice
What if you lived on Mars, how does its orbit around the sun make things different for you?
Colder because we are farther from the sun
Warmer because we are closer to the sun
- 3. Multiple Choice
What if you lived on Mars, how does its orbit around the sun make things different for you?
Shorter orbit = shorter year
Longer orbit = longer year
- 4. Multiple Choice
How are the gas giants similar to each other? (Select all that apply)
Made up of hydrogen and helium
No solid surfaces
Rocky surfaces
Closer to the sun
- 5. Multiple Choice
List the planets in order starting from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
- 6. Multiple Choice
What if we lived on a gas giant, how would things be different?
No rocky surface or oxygen
Hard rocky surface
- 7. Multiple Choice
What if we lived on a gas giant, how would things be different?
Year would be much longer
Year would be much shorter
- 8. Multiple Choice
What if we lived on a gas giant, how would things be different?
Cold with much greater gravity
Warm with much less gravity
- 9. Multiple Choice
What characteristics are used to classify stars? (Select all that apply)
Size
Brightness
Temperature
Distance from sun
- 10. Multiple Choice
Rank the colors of stars from hottest to coolest.
Blue, white, yellow, orange/red, red
Blue, yellow, white, orange/red, red
Red, orange/red, white, yellow, blue
Red, orange/red, yellow, white, blue
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is absolute brightness?
Brightness the star would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth
How bright the star looks from Earth
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is apparent brightness?
Brightness the star would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth
How bright the star looks from Earth
- 13. Multiple Choice
When you look up into the sky, why is the sun clearly the brightest?
It's our sun
It's the closest star
It's the farthest star
It's the hottest star
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the initial explosion that resulted in the formation and expansion of the universe?
Big bang
Big boom
Large bang
Large boom
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the name often given to the 1st four planets? (Select all that apply)
Terrestrial planets
Inner planets
Outer planets
Gas giants
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the name often given to the four outer planets?
Terrestrial planets
Gas giants
Inner planets
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