Beyond the Earth

Beyond the Earth

8th Grade

9 Qs

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Beyond the Earth

Beyond the Earth

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3, MS-LS1-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

SHAWN SIMPSON

Used 10+ times

FREE Resource

9 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is outer space?

The atmosphere where climate change takes place.

A zone that occurs about 100km above the earth.

The place where aliens live and multiply.

A place where astronauts go for vacation.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What are three components of the solar system?

comets, Sun, plants

meteoroids, moons, light

moons, planets, asteroids

Oxygen, Neptune, Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Which planet is known as a dwarf planet?

Pluto

Mars

Jupiter

Uranus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What does “light-years” represent?

How big outer space or space is.

The time it takes for the Sun's light to reach the earth.

The distance it takes for light to travel in a year.

How long the moon takes to orbit the earth.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What two factors cause planets and stars to be roughly spherical?

The spin speed increasing over time and the force exerted on an object.

Radial gravitational attraction, and the spin speed increasing over time.

Radial gravitational attraction and the weight of an object.

The distance between planets and stars and mass of an object.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

_____ is the reason the moon orbits around Earth and Earth orbits the Sun.

gravity

mass

weight

force

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

_____ is a system of millions or billions of stars held together by gravitational attraction between gas and dust.

Comet

Asteroids

Galaxies

Universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are plants?

animals

living organism

pets

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are plants?

non living

living

animals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1