RYM 6- Astro, soils, Earth layers

Which type of motion causes night / day? 

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Kepler's 1st Law
• Nutation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's orbit follows an elliptical path.

• Kepler's 1st law
• Kepler's 2nd law
• Kepler's 3rd law
• Nutation

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Planets further from the sun have an orbit that lasts MUCH longer than planets that are close to the sun.
Pluto's orbit lasts over over 90,000 days.
Mercury's orbit lasts 88 days.

• Kepler's 1st law
• Kepler's 2nd law
• Kepler's 3rd law
• Nutation

The center point of the orbits of two revolving objects is called the

• focus
• barycenter
• nutation
• ellipse

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Which of the following best describes permeability?

• The ability of water to flow through soil

• Void spaces in soil which can be filled by air or water

• Soil particles which bind to each other

• The absorption of water by soil particles

What is weathering?

• The wearing down or alteration of an object causing a change in character and breaking down of the object

• The decline of soil quality caused by improper use

• The ability of water to flow through soil

• The removal of topsoil faster than it can be replaced by soil forming processes due to natural and man made causes

Which of the following best describes soil erosion?

• The decline in soil quality caused by improper use

• The removal of topsoil faster than it can be replaced by soil forming processes due to natural and man-made causes

• The wearing down or alteration of an object causing a change in character and breaking down of the object

• The inevitable loss of soil which cannot be prevented

The outermost solid layer of the Earth is called the

• mantle
• outer core
• inner core
• crust

Is a layer of week of soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly.  Tectonic plates move on top of this layer. 

• Inner Core
• Asthensophere
• Lithosphere
• Outer Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This is the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, made up of two parts, is divided into pieces call tectonic plates.

• Inner Core
• Asthensophere
• Lithosphere
• Outer Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3