(CK-12) Ch. 5: Earth, Moon, & Sun - Test Review

Huge clouds of gaseous elements and dust in space are called...

• ...nebulae.

• ...stars.

• ...black holes.

• ...atmospheric anomalies.

The regularly repeated phases of the moon, caused by sunlight striking the moon during its orbit is called...

• ...the lunar cycle.

• ...the seasonal cycle.

• ...the day/night cycle.

• ...the rock cycle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line is called...

• ...inertia.

• ...gravity.

• ...energy.

• ...force.

The partial or total blocking of one object by another is called...

• ...an eclipse.

• ...a scattering.

• ...an obstacle.

• ...an equinox.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The flow of high-energy charged particles from the Sun is called...

• ...solar wind.

• ...magnetic bursts.

• ...asteroid formation.

• ...gravity.

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NGSS.HS-PS2-5

A massive sphere of burning gases held together by the force of gravity is called...

• ...a star.

• ...a planet.

• ...a comet.

• ...an asteroid.

The two days in the year that have either the longest or shortest day are called...

• ...solstices.

• ...equinoxes.

• ...eclipses.

• ...satellites.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An object’s orbital path around another object is called...

• ...a revolution.

• ...a rotation.

• ...inertia.

• ...gravity.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The combining of atoms due to extreme gravity, which releases energy, is called...

• ...nuclear fusion.

• ...solar wind.

• ...the rock cycle.

• ...the heliocentric cycle.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The two days in the year where daytime and nighttime are of equal length are called...

• ...equinoxes.

• ...solstices.

• ...eclipses.

• ...satellites.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1