Space Unit Review

Earth ____________ around the sun.

• rotates

• revolves

• spins

• circles

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Earth is tilted how many degrees on its axis.

• 97

• 42.7

• 23.5

• 12

Day and night are caused by...

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's revolution on its axis

• The moon's revolution around Earth

• The Earth's revolution around the sun

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A lunar eclipse occurs when

• The moon is between the sun and Earth

• The sun is between the earth and moon

• The Earth is between the moon and sun

• Lunar eclipses do not exist

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the darkest part of the moon's shadow called?

• The penumbra

• The shadow

• The eclipse

• The umbra

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The same side of the moon always faces Earth

• True

• False

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What are the features Galileo saw on the moon?

• Highlands, Plains, Midlands

• Maria, Craters, Highlands

• Maria, Oceans, Riverbeds

• Highlands, Mountains, Valleys

What mission took Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon in 1969?

• The Voyager

• The Magellan

• The Pathfinder

• The Apollo 11

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moonquakes are detected with...

• Lunar Module

• Seismometer

• Lunar seismometer

• Lunar buggy

Ptolemy believed in an Earth-centered view of the solar system called...

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Lunarcentric

• Rockcentric