Earth's Moon

The Moon is a ____________ satellite that orbits planet Earth.

• artificial

• man-made

• natural

• fake

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Moon is about (240,000) miles from Earth and is about ¼ the size of _________.

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

True or False-There is only one theory about how Earth’s Moon was formed.

• True

• False

Concerning the formation of Earth's _________-the most widely accepted theory is the “Giant Impact Theory”

• Orbit

• Moon

• Comet

• Shape

Giant __________ Theory: A large celestial body slammed into the Earth and the moon was created out of the debris.

• Cold

• Hot

• Loss

• Impact

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Concerning the Giant Impact theory, a Mars-sized “protoplanet” collided with Earth, releasing debris which eventually formed the ___________.

• Earth

• comets

• asteroid belt

• moon

At first, the Giant Impact theory was heavily ____________, but with the development of models and simulations, the theory became more widely accepted.

• criticized

• supported

• believed

• offensive

True or False-The Moon's appearance changes as it moves in its orbit around the Earth.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The complete __________ and the changes that appear to take place during the orbit—are called the lunar cycle.

• spin

• rotation

• orbit

• phase

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A lunar cycle is completed about every 29.5 ________.

• years

• months

• days

• minutes

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