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Earth Sun and Moon

Authored by Anna Anderson

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Earth Sun and Moon
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth's Rotation

Axis

Tilt

Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the cause of the seasons?

The distance of Earth to the Sun

The tilt of Earth as it rotates around the Sun

The changing distance of Earth to the Sun as it revolves around the Sun

The tilt of Earth as it revolves around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth

Lunar Phases

Tides

Axis

Tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why can't we see a New Moon?

The light side is facing toward the Sun

The light side is facing toward Earth

Clouds are covering the Moon

The light side is between the Sun and Earth, forming an eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What moon phase would occur ONE week after the moon shown

New Moon

Full Moon

Waning Crescent

First Quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Solar eclipses occur when

The Sun is between Earth and the Moon

There is a full Moon

The Moon is between Earth and the Sun

Earth is between the Moon and the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A lunar cycle is

approx. 28 days

approx. 14 days

approx. 30 days

approx. 365 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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