Earth's Energy Budget

True or False: the Sun provides all the energy on Earth?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which special tides have the SMALLEST difference between high and low tides?

• Spring Tides

• Low Tides

• Neap Tides

Which special tides have the LARGEST difference between high and low tide?

• Neap Tides

• Spring Tides

Without heat from the sun, Earth would:

• Freeze

• Heat up

• Stay the same

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The ozone layer plays an important role in protecting Earth from what kind of light from the sun?

• Infrared

• Visible

• Ultraviolet

It takes how many days for the moon to complete a revolution around Earth?

• 30

• 27

• 2

• 10

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How many low tides occur each day?

• 7

• 2

• 1

How many high tides occur each day?

• 10

• 1

• 2

The tides that happen when Earth, Moon, and the Sun form a 90 degree angle:

• Spring Tides

• Neap Tides

• High Tides

• Low Tides

The tides that happen when Earth, the Moon, and the Sun are lined up:

• Spring Tides

• Low Tides

• Neap Tides

• High Tides

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1