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Earth & Space Vocabulary

Authored by Mandy Earp

Science

5th Grade

NGSS covered

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Earth & Space Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

Earth and Moon spin on their axis. This spinning of a space body on its axis is called _______________.

revolution
pattern
phase
rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

All space, galaxies, and matter in it make up the vast _________________.

galaxy
axis
night
universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

The revolution and rotation of Earth and the Moon cause observable __________________.

gravity
patterns
orbit
axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

The shape of the lit half of the Moon, called a ____________, appears to change each day as viewed from Earth.

galaxy
phase
universe
orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

A _____________is a spherical body that orbits the Sun in a clear path.

planet
season
phase
solar system

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

A _____________ is an orbital path that one object in space takes around another object. It takes Earth 365 days to do this.

revolution
night
phase
rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

The side of the Earth that is turned away from the Sun is in darkness and experiences______________.

phase
day
night
orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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