Sun and Moon

The dark spots on the moon are called...

• Blemishes

• Marias

• Oceans

• Craters

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What characteristics do the moon and earth NOT share?

• craters

• oceans

• rocks

• mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What force keeps the moon around the earth and the Earth around the sun?

• galaxy

• nature

• gravity

• phases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

• phase, sun

• light, sun

• sun, phase

• sun, light

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The energy from the sun is created by a process called:

• nuclear fission
• nuclear fusion
• nuclear reaction
• nuclear core

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

____________are areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the gas around them.

• Solar Wind

• Solar Flares

• Sunspots

• Core

In which area of the sun does gas rise as it heats up, then fall back down as it cools?

• the core
• the radiation zone
• the convection zone
• the corona

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

a brief burst of energy from the sun’s photosphere

• corona
• solar flare
• solar wind
• photosphere

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

a dark spot on the photosphere of the sun

• corona
• solar flare
• sunspot
• magnitude

What is the moon mostly made of?

• Green Cheese

• Hot gases

• Lava

• Rock