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All of the following are characteristics of a planet except:
a) Planets orbit a star
b) Planets do not produce light
c) Planets do not move
d) Planets are made of solids, liquids and gases

All of the following are characteristics of stars except:
a) have more life on Earth
b) have heat from another source
c) not be able to survive on Earth
d) not be able to see any of the stars

Is the sun the largest star?
a) no, it just looks big because it's so close to Earth
b) yes, that's why it's so bright
c) no, it's just the only star we can see
d) yes, it's the largest thing in our universe

Planets are different than stars in that they
a) are round in shape and stars are star-shaped
b) they come in different sizes and stars are the same size
c) don't produce light and stars do produce light
d) come in different colors and stars are all the same color

Stars are like planets because
a) they both produce light
b) they are made of only gases
c) they have an orbiting moon
d) they are round in shape

The sun is a
a) star
b) planet
c) asteroid
d) meteor

Do the stars move in the sky?
a) yes
b) sometimes
c) only at night
d) no

Why does it appear like the stars move?
a) Because they do
b) Because the earth rotates so we see a different part of the sky
c) Because some stars can't always be seen so the sky looks different.
d) Because new stars appear every night

What color are medium temperature stars?
a) green
b) yellow
c) red
d) blue

How many stars are in the universe?
a) millions
b) thousands
c) trillions
d) billions

What does it mean if a star is blue?
a) it's colder
b) it's frozen
c) it's hotter
d) it's dead

A ball of hot gas that gives off light is
a) a planet
b) a star
c) Mars
d) an asteroid

Are stars tiny?
a) yes
b) no
c) I don't know
d) some stars are tiny

Without the sun, we would
a) Stars are made of solids, liquids and gases
b) Stars can have orbiting planets
c) Stars produce their own light
d) Stars don't move

For the past 10 years on his birthday, Jeff looks up at the sky to view the big dipper. He notices that the location of nearby planets are not in the same location. Why is this true?
a) The planets are in the same location at all times.
b) The planets move every 10 years.
c) The planets move up and down which causes their location to change.
d) The planets orbit the sun at different speeds.

A star pattern that forms a picture, typically representing a person, animal or object is a
a) constellation
b) telescope
c) planet
d) season

Which of the following is not an inner planet?
a) Mercury
b) Neptune
c) Venus
d) Mars

How many planets support life?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3

What is the correct order of the planets?
a) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Earth, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn
b) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c) Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
d) Neptune, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Uranus, Mars, Saturn

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