Science Unit 4

Which of the following are the names of actual moon phases?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Willing Crescent

• New Moon

• False Moon

• Waning Crescent

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I take something far and make it look like it's close.

• Microscope

• Otoscope

• Telescope

Constellations appear to rotate around the Earth. Why is that?

• The Earth is spinning

• Stars rotate around Earth

• Stars orbit our Sun

• The moon

Why do nighttime stars look smaller than the sun?

• The sun is the biggest star

• The sun is the closest star

• The stars are all much smaller

• Nighttime is just much darker

As scientific knowledge and technology expands, new projects are needed to learn even more. What do projects need? (pick 3)

• Research

• Money

• Support

• Telescopes

• Sun

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The Earth stops spinning. What happens?

(Select all that apply)

• Gravity stops

• Half of the Earth stays permanently in daylight

• Half of the Earth stays permanently in nighttime

• Stars stop moving in the sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which planet is closest to Uranus?

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mercury

Constellations are determined by star...

• size

• distance from Earth

• patterns

• brightness

Select ALL true statements about stars

• all have the same temperature

• all are the same size

• all have a similar life cycle

• all are burning balls of gas

• all stars live forever

I'm the largest planet in our solar system

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Saturn

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