Patterns of Earth and Sky

Different stars are visible in the sky at different times. True or False?

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth pulls objects, including people, down toward the ground with the force of __________.

• force

• gravity

• air

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the pull between Earth and other objects, which acts even without touching?

• force

• air

• gravity

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is a building that is used to observe stars, planets, and other objects in the universe?

• Hospital

• Library

• Observatory

• School

What does it mean to be in orbit?

• To move up and down

• To move in a zig zag pattern

• To move without a pattern

• To move in a regular pattern around something

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

If we drilled a hole straight through to the other side of the world and dropped a rock down the hole, what would happen to the rock?

• Gravity would hold it in the center of the Earth.

• The rock would fly into space

• Nothing would happen to the rock

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Earth’s _____________ on its axis causes day and night

• gravity

• orbit

• spinning/rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A student was watching the stars all night. This student observed the stars in the night sky every hour. Which of these MOST likely describes what the student saw?

• The star pattern seems to move across the sky.

• The star pattern would stay the same.

• The stars would start to get dimmer and move away from the Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In which direction does Earth's gravity pull?

• Towards the highest mountain

• Towards space

• Toward Earth's center

How long does it take the Earth to revolve once around the sun?

• 1 day

• 10 days

• 100 days

• 365 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2