Earth Science Pre-Assessment

24 hours is equivalent to

• day

• night

• orbit

• tilt

Longest day of the year

• Autumnal Equinox
• Summer Solstice 
• Winter Solstice
• Vernal Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Shortest day of the year

• Autumnal Equinox
• Summer Solstice 
• Winter Solstice
• Vernal Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth is tilted on its ____________, which is an imaginary line that runs through Earth.

• orbit

• day

• tilt

• axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One year is...

• 355 days
• 355 1/4 days
• 365 days
• 365 1/4 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its fall in the Southern hemisphere. 

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its summer in the Southern hemisphere. 

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The hemisphere where you live

• northern
• southern

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the definition of orbit?

• the spinning of the earth on its axis
• when the lit part of the moon increases
• all of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun
• the imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is the center of our solar system?

• moon

• Earth

• sun

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2