NGSS · Earth & Space Science · Grade 5

5-ESS1-1 Brightness of the Sun & Stars

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth.

Kentucky 5-ESS1-1 uses the same wording.

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