Class Activity - Notes Review - 8.ESS1.2

Class Activity - Notes Review - 8.ESS1.2

Multiple Choice

Our solar system began as a ...

• black hole

• cloud of gas and dust

• planet

• black star

Multiple Choice

It began to contract because of ______________.

• gravity

• light

• dust

• space

Multiple Choice

After spinning makes the Nebula form into a disk, what starts to form in the center?

• the Sun

• Jupiter

• a rock

• the Earth

Multiple Choice

Which materials stick together near the Sun?

• ice and gas

• rocky materials

• moon pieces

• comets

Multiple Choice

Which materials stick together in the outer solar system?

• ice and gas

• rocky materials

• moon pieces

• comets

Multiple Choice

How often do ocean tides (the rise and fall of ocean water) occur?

• every 24 hours

• every hour

• every 12.5 hours

• every 6 hours

Multiple Choice

Which of the objects below are responsible for ocean tides on Earth?

• satellites

• comets

• the moon

• other planets

Multiple Choice

What factor affects the gravitational force from the Moon on the Earth's oceans?

• the distance between the moon and the Earth

• the age of the moon

• the age of the Earth

• the size of other planets

Multiple Choice

Which side of the Earth would experience the greatest pull from the Moon, thus causing a high tide in the ocean?

• A

• B

Multiple Choice

What other celestial object ALSO affects the oceans on Earth?

• comets

• the Sun

• the North star

• Mercury