Class Activity - SBA Review - 8.ESS1.2

Class Activity - SBA Review - 8.ESS1.2

Multiple Choice

A nebula is:

• A cloud of ice

• A cloud of dust and gas

• A cloud of just gas

• A cloud of just dust

Multiple Choice

A nebula starts to collapse because of:

• A nearby star shining it's light

• A passing spaceship

• A passing comet

• Gravity

Multiple Choice

What force acted on the massive nebula to collapse it and eventually form our sun?

• electrostatic force

• strong force

• weak force

• gravity

Multiple Choice

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

Multiple Choice

What is the FIRST event in the formation of the solar system?

• About 4.5 billion years ago pieces of rock and ice accumulate more material until they grow into planets and moons.

• About 4.6 billion years ago, a cloud of stellar dust or nebula exists within the Milky Way.

• None of the above.

Multiple Choice

What is the LAST event in the formation of the solar system?

• About 4.5 billion years ago pieces of rock and ice accumulate more material until they grow into planets and moons.

• About 4.6 billion years ago, a cloud of stellar dust or nebula exists within the Milky Way.

• None of the above.

Multiple Choice

Why does the Earth orbit the sun?

• The sun pulls Earth toward it.

• The sun pulls Earth in an orbit.

• The sun pushes Earth away.

• Electromagnatism from the sun keeps Earth in orbit.

Multiple Choice

What materials could not survive the heat where the rocky planets were formed?

• Gamma Rays

• Plasma

• Ice and Gas

• Rocks

Multiple Choice

The rise and fall of ocean water on Earth caused by the gravitational attraction of the Moon and, to a lesser degree, the Sun

• tide

• moon

• lunar eclipse

• satellite

Multiple Choice

Use the image to help you! What is the difference between spring and neap tides?

• Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the moon.

• Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases

• Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season

Multiple Choice

Why does the moon's gravitational pull have more of an effect on tides than the sun's gravitational pull?

• they are the same

• the moon is larger than the sun

• tides are not caused by the moon

• the moon is closer to the Earth than the sun

Multiple Choice

What type of tide will occur at 9:30 a.m.?

• low

• high

• none

• high and low

Multiple Choice

The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.

• high tide

• low tide

• neap tide

• spring tide

Multiple Choice

The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.

• high tide

• low tide

• neap tide

• spring tide

Multiple Choice

Which object has the GREATEST effect on Earth's tides?

• Sun

• Saturn

• Moon

• Venus

Multiple Choice

A spring tide is the highest high tide and is the result of the Sun and Moon's gravitational pull. What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide

• spring tide

• new moon tide

• full moon tide