EARTH'S MOON

What is on the moon that we shoot a laser at to measure the distance between earth and the moon?

• A mirror

• Glass

• Rock

What is the length of a lunar cycle?

• 365 days

• 28 days

• 30 days

• 1 year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How old is earth's moon?

• 4.54 billion year old (same as earth)

• 4.7 billion years old (older than earth)

• 4.51 billion year old (a little younger than earth)

This moon of Jupiter is thought to have an ocean on it, and we are going there within 5 years!

• Europa

• Ceres

• Charon

• Encenladus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

There are things living on the moon

• true

• false

We always see the same side of the moon

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do we always see the same side of the moon?

• We don't always see the same side

• moon is NOT a perfect sphere - it's heavier on the earth side, so gravity locks it

The moon has an atmosphere

• true

• false

Anything that burns up in earth's atmosphere:

• asteroid

• meteor

• meteorite

The line on the moon that separates light/dark:

• terminator

• ellipse

• gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1