8th-T4 L1: Solar System Objects Lesson

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Science

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6th - 8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Easy

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NGSS

MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3

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Standards-aligned

Angeles Pedroza

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38 Slides • 42 Questions

Draw

Put an X on the object in the center of the solar system. Draw a circle around Earth.

Open Ended

List all the objects you can identify.

Type response here

Use AutoDraw to create the solar system. You can use google to search up what the planets look like. And yes every planet can be found on AutoDraw. Make sure they are in the correct order

Multiple Choice

True or false: there are many other stars. solar systems and galaxies in the universe.

False

True

Drag and Drop

All planets are kept in orbit because of the

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Sun’s gravity

Moon's gravity

Earth's magnetic field

Multiple Choice

Which is part of our solar system?

Earth

Black holes

Supernova

Drag and Drop

are used to measure the distance between objects in space.

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Astronomical units

Miles

Meters

Light years

Dropdown

One

= the average distance from the center of the

to the earth. This is also about

kilometers on earth.

Draw

Draw the line and amount for an astronomical unit.

Drag and Drop

The

is a

that is larger than anything else in the solar system.

It takes up

of all of the mass of the solar system.

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sun

moon

earth

gaseous body

99.85%

Multiple Choice

True or false: the sun is a very normal size star although it is a million times the size of the Earth.

False

True

Multiple Choice

True or false: Astronomers have seen stars that are a thousand times more massive than our sun.

false

true

Word Cloud

Name some of the planets that you know.

Type response here

Multiple Choice

The four plants that are smaller and closer to sun are...

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

Multiple Choice

What are the four planets that are closer to the sun made out of?

Ice and water

Gaseous materials

Rocky materials and metals

Multiple Choice

What are the four planets that are further from the sun made out of?

Ice and water

Gas and liquid

Rocky materials and metals

Multiple Choice

The four plants that are very large and further from the sun are:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Earth, Mars, Neptune, Pluto

Draw

Circle the words that correctly complete each statement in the table.

Open Ended

What are some things you can find in our solar system?

Type response here

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is an object that uses the

to orbit around but it

have a clear path.

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dwarf planet

does not

comet

does

asteroid

sun’s gravity

Multiple Choice

How many dwarf planets are there?

Multiple Choice

What is a natural satellite?

A type of star

A moon

A man-made object sent into space

A type of meteorite

Multiple Choice

Each moon is pulled by the planets own gravity. Mercury & Venus do not have a moon. Earth has _____ moon

Dropdown

are small, rocky bodies.

Multiple Choice

Where can asteroids be found?

In the center of the Earth

On the surface of the Moon

Asteroid belt between mars & Jupiter

Dropdown

are chunks of rock or dust that are smaller than

, When a meteor enters our atmosphere it burns and has a streak of light. Once it hits the land, it is called a

Drag and Drop

are loose balls of ice and rock that usually have very long, narrow orbits.

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Comets

Asteroids

Planets

Multiple Choice

What is the sun made out of?

Carbon and oxygen

Nitrogen and argon

Hydrogen and helium

Drag and Drop

The hydrogen and helium form a

.It is a very hot fluid like gas that has electrically charged particles.

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plasma

solid

liquid

Multiple Choice

What are the suns inner layers?

Mantle, crust, and atmosphere

Photosphere, chromosphere, and corona

Core, radiative zone, and convective zone

Labelling

On the image, label core, radiative zone, and convective zone

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

core

radiative zone

convective zone

Draw

The interior of the sun has three main layers. Draw an arrow to indicate how energy created at the sun’s core travels.

Multiple Choice

What are the suns outer layers?

Mantle, crust, and atmosphere

Photosphere, chromosphere, and corona

Core, radiative zone, and convective zone

Labelling

On the image, label the solar flare, chromosphere, photosphere, corona and solar flare

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

solar flare

corona

chromosphere

photosphere

Layers of the sun activity #1

Please print and work on worksheet with the students.
Link and also on next page

8th-T4 L1 LayersoftheSunWorksheet-1-3.pdf - Google Drive

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Layers of the sun activity #2

Please print and work on worksheet with the students.
Link and also on next page

8th-T4 L1 Layers-of-the-Sun2Fill In.pdf - Google Drive

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Multiple Choice

What are three visible features of the sun?

Sunspots, solar flares, and prominences

Mountains, valleys, and craters

Trees, rivers, and animals

Drag and Drop

are dark areas of the sun’s surface: these are areas of plasma that are cooler than those around it.

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Sunspots

Moonspots

Earthspots

Drag and Drop

happen when sunspots occur in pairs and cause a huge loop of plasma to be polarized and link to different parts of the sunspot regions.

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Prominences

Solar flares

Asteroids

Draw

Different types of photographs show the sun’s different features. Which image shows sunspots? Which image shows prominences?

Drag and Drop

happen when the loops in the sunspots become connected and release a large amount of magnetic energy. The energy heats up the plasma and causes it to erupt in space.

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Solar flares

Lunar flares

Stellar flares

Open Ended

Tell me one thing that occurred during the formation of the planets and solar system.

Type response here

Draw

The solar system formed from a cloud of gas and other materials. Write the numbers 1 through 4 to put the images in order and represent how the solar system formed.

Open Ended

Give me three of the planets names.

Type response here

Multiple Choice

How many planets does our solar system have?

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