Solar System

What is something Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have in common? Read the choices and select the correct choice.

• A. They are gas planets.

• B. They are giant planets.

• C. They rotate very quickly.

• D. All of the above.

This is made up of planets, comets, asteroids, stars, and meteoroids. What is it _____________

• red dwarf

• asteroid

• comets

• solar system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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Which planet is fourth from the Sun?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Saturn

Use the data table and answer the question. Which claim is best supported by the data?

• Planets closer to the Sun have longer years.

• Venus is farther from the Sun and has longer years than Mars.

• Mars is closer to the Sun and has shorter years than Saturn.

• Saturn is closer to the Sun and has longer years than Jupiter.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which moon phase comes directly before a Full Moon?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The ____________ is the phase of the moon that we cannot see at night.

• full moon

• new moon

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Moon is Earth's 'natural satellite."

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which question does the following information help answer?

• Why does Earth have only one moon?

• What causes Earth to have day and night?

• Why does Earth have oxygen in its atmosphere?

• What causes Earth to be warm enough for living things?

The spinning of Earth on its axis causes _______________ and _______________.

• day and night

• summer and fall

• spring and winter

• summer and spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The imaginary straight line through Earth's center from the North Pole to the South Pole is the _______________.

• equator

• axis

• spinner

• tilter