Earth, Moon, and Sun Assessment

What is the center of the Solar System?

• Earth

• Moon

• Sun

• Asteroid Belt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

How long does it take Earth to orbit around the Sun?

• One hour

• One year

• One day

• One season

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which sentence is false?

• The sun orbits the Earth

• The Sun is the Earth's closest star

• The sun makes its own heat

• The sun is made of gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the moon is waxing, we see more of it. What happens when it's waning?

• We see less of the moon

• We see the moon stop turning

• We see more of the moon

• We see craters on the moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which astronomers believed in an Earth-centered model of the solar system?

• Aristotle and Ptolemy

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Kepler and Aristotle

Galileo observed that the moon had -

• Many craters

• Plants but no animals

• Active volvanoes

• Polar ice caps

Which of these is the most responsible for the changes of the seasons on Earth?

• position of the moon

• tilt of Earth on its axis

• temperature of the sun

• distance to Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Earth revolves around the Sun. What does the moon revolve around?

• Mars

• Earth

• Sun

• The Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of these describes a rotation?

• Mercury goes around the Sun every 88 days.

• The Moon goes around Earth every 28 days.

• Earth orbits the Sun about every 365 days.

• Earth makes one turn on its axis every 24 hours.

The rotation of Earth on its axis causes?

• Season

• Years

• Months

• Days

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6