Amplify Earth, Moon, and Sun Ch. 2

The shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth.

• Moon phase

• Orbit

• Pattern

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth).

• Moon phase

• Orbit

• Pattern

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• Moon phase

• Orbit

• Pattern

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon does not make its own light.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When a model is "to scale," object sizes and distances are larger or smaller than in the real world but the same relative to one another. Do all models need to be "to scale"?

• Yes

• No

What portion of the moon is always illuminated?

• All

• None

• Quarter

• Half

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the sun illuminates the moon, what side of the moon is illuminated?

• The top side

• The side closest to the sun

• The side farthest from the sun

• The left side

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Light from the sun travels ________.

• In a curved pattern

• In straight lines

• Up and around the moon

• Vertically

From earth, we can only see the _______.

• Illuminated half of the moon

• Dark side of the moon

• Half of the moon facing the earth

• Top of the moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Because the Moon moves to different positions around Earth, we see different amounts of the illuminated half of the Moon.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1