Unit 4 Science

The sun appears to move across the sky each day.  What causes this?

• the spinning of the Earth's axis
• The path of the sun around the Earth
• the production the nuclear energy around the sun
• the tilt of the Earth on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is gravity?

• A force
• Energy
• A push
• All of them

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Why a ball falls to the ground?

• Earth's force of gravity is GREATER than the ball's, so the ball gets attracted to the ground. 
• Earth's force of gravity is LESS than the ball's, so the ball gets attracted to the ground. 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Any object with mass has gravity.

• True
• Sometimes
• False
• Never

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

• gravity

• friction

• density

• distance

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

• one day
• one week
• one month
• one year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The sun is a _______.

• star
• planet
• satellite

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is at the center of the Solar System?

• Earth
• Moon
• Sun
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• the 12 months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6