Earth/Space Science Test Review

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Revolution of the earth takes

• One day
• One year
• One summer
• One winter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which happens in one year’s time?

• The moon makes one complete revolution around Earth.
  
• Earth makes one complete revolution around the sun.
• Earth makes one complete spin on its axis.
• The sun makes one complete spin on its axis.

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is weather?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Areas closer to the _________ receive more direct sunlight.

• North Pole

• equator

• temperate zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the red line on the globe?

• Prime Meridian

• Northern Hemisphere

• Equator

• Southern Hemisphere

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

ROTATE vs REVOLVE
What causes the seasons? 

• The Earth spinning or rotating
• The Earth revolving around the Sun on its tilted axis.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes day and night?

• The Earth orbiting the sun.

• The Sun orbiting the Earth

• The Earth spinning/rotating.

• The Sun spinning/rotating.