Unit 4 - Lessons 1-3

Shadows get _________ from dawn (sunrise) until noon.

• Shorter

• Longer

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Shadows get ________ from noon until dusk (sundown).

• Shorter

• Longer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Gravity is a force that pulls objects on or near Earth's surface toward Earth's center.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Objects fall to the ground because of gravity's force.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

__________ keeps objects on Earth's surface from floating away into space.

• Weight

• Mass

• Gravity

• Air

When a meteoroid in space comes close enough to Earth, Earth's _________ pulls it toward Earth.

• magnetic field

• atmosphere

• centripetal force

• gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

As ________ fall through the atmosphere they heat up and give off light.

• meteroids

• meteroites

• meteors

• asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A small object moving through space is called a __________.

• meteroids

• meteroites

• meteors

• asteroids

Particles that do not burn up sometimes land on Earth's surface and are called ____________.

• meteroids

• meteroites

• meteors

• asteroids

The force of gravity is strongest between objects when they are _____________.

• close together

• far apart