Space and Solar System Test Review

Why does the moon look different every night?

• We only see parts of the moon that are lit by the sun.

• The moon makes its own light. The side facing the earth shows in the sky.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name the phase of the moon.

• new moon

• full moon

• waning crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes day and night?

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's revolution around the sun

• None of these

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How long does it take Earth to rotate or make one complete turn?

• 24 seconds

• 24 minutes

• 24 hours

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• the imaginary line passing through the center of the planet

• spinning of a planet, moon or sun around its axis

• Earth's shape, Earth's tilt on its axis along with it's orbital path

• how close the Earth is to the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's revolution around the sun and the Earth's tilt

• none of these

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Describe a star.

• A giant ball of very hot gas, mostly hydrogen and helium, held together by gravity.

• A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own.

• The path an object follows as it moves around another object

Describe a nebulae.

• A very large, very bright giant red star

• A cloud of gas or dust that forms after a star explodes

• A galaxy that does not have a regular shape.

Describe a galaxy.

• A collection of stars, dust and gas held together by gravity

• A very short electromagnetic wave

• A normal star undergoing nuclear fusion. Our sun is an example of this.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

According to the HR diagram above, as a star's temperature increases, the star turns more ______ in color.

• Blue

• Red

• Green

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