Earth, Sun, Moon Interaction Quiz

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, what season is occurring in Australia?

• fall
• winter
• spring
• summer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes moon phases?

• the rotation of the Moon 
• the rotation of the Earth
• the revolution of the Moon around the Earth
• the tilt of the Earth around the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What season is pictured in the Southern Hemisphere?

• summer

• winter

• spring

• fall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

• The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
• The norther hemisphere is tilted neither toward or away from the sun
• Why are you talking about the northern hemisphere when you asked about the southern hemisphere?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What are the reasons for the season?

• Earth's tilt & rotation
• Earth's tilt & revolution
• Earth's rotation & rovolution
• Earth's tilt & resolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Night and day is evidence that the earth is

• rotating

• revolving

• cold

• warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The seasons are caused by the ________ of the axis and the Earth's _____________ around the sun.

• tilt, revolution

• tilt, rotation

• curve, revolution

• curve, rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon does not create its own __________, but reflects the light of the ___________.

• phase, sun

• light, sun

• sun, phase

• sun, light

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1