NEWCOMER SCIENCE PRE-ASSESSMENT 2ND SEMESTER

The moon is a natural  ______ of Earth. 

• comet

• satellite

• asteroid

• meteor

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Select the order of the planets from smallest to largest.

• Sun, Milky Way, solar system, universe

• Sun, Milky Way, universe, solar system

• Sun, solar system, Milky Way, universe

• Sun, solar system, universe, Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

 ​​Is the Moon bigger or small than the Earth?

•  bigger

• smaller

• the same

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Moon gets its light from the

• Earth

• stars

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of ______

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

• galaxy

• comet

• Solar System

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

•  the inner planets all have water

• the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets

• the outer planets are gas planets

• the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

Which outer planets have rings?

• Just Saturn

• Saturn and Jupiter

• Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn

• all 4 of them

A spiral galaxy of stars that contains our Sun

• Planisphere

• Intensity

• Star

• Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2