Earth in the Universe - Unit Test Review

What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun

• gravity & inertia
• heat & pressure
• inertia & pressure
• gravity & heat

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The closer a planet is to the sun...

• the faster it travels
• the slower it travels

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which movement creates day/night?

• rotation
• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which movement creates years?

• rotation
• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called.....?

• Jovian Planets
• Awesome Sauce Planets
• Gas Giants
• Inner Planets

What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

• Outer Planets
• Terrestrial Planets
• Inner Planets
• Oort Cloud

What occurs when the Northern Hemisphere experiences spring and the Southern Hemisphere experiences fall?

• Both hemispheres get the same amount of energy from the sun.

• The sun is directly over the Northern Hemisphere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the biosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the geosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• all the frozen water on the Earth

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the hydrosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4