space science ssa review

VOCAB: When the sun is directly overhead one hemisphere, resulting in longest day/night.

• solstice

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

VOCAB: When the sun is not pointed toward either hemisphere, resulting in equal day/night.

• solstice

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

VOCAB: The spin of Earth around its axis (24 hours long)

• solstice

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

VOCAB: The theory that our galaxy is 13-15 billion years old, formed from matter expansion.

• blue shift

• red shift

• galaxy

• Big Bang Theory

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

VOCAB: A collection of billions of stars, nebulae, gases, dust, and planets.

• blue shift

• red shift

• galaxy

• Big Bang Theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What causes us to experience different seasons on Earth?

• the rotation of Earth

• the revolution of Earth

• Earth's orbit

• Earth's tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which term refers to Earth's spin around its axis?

• rotation

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Earth spins around its own axis once every ____ hours

• 22

• 24

• 365

• 18

The Sun appears to move across the sky because...

• The sun is spinning around the Earth

• The moon is spinning around the Earth

• The Earth is rotating (spinning)

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

It takes the moon about a _____ to revolve around the Earth

• day

• month

• year

• minute

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1