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Collision Ring Theory

• current accepted belief of how the moon formed starting when a Mars sized asteroid struck Earth forming a ring of debris around Earth which eventually pulled together by the force of gravity to create the Moon.

• solar eclipse in which the Moon is too far from Earth to cover the Sun completely, so the outer edge of the Sun is seen as a ring

• Worcestershire sause

• correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A line, real or imaginary, around which something spins is called:

• rotation

• axis

• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Orbit of one object around another object

• Equinox

• Eclipse

• Revolution

• Rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Movement of one solar system object into the shadow of another object

• eclipse

• equinox

• revolution

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the source of heat and light in our Solar System?

• the North star

• the moon

• the sun

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Spin of an object around its axis

• Rotation

• Revolutions

• Orbit

• Equinox

The full cycle of lunar phases takes approximately...

• 365 days

• 29.5 days

• 7 days

• 24 hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase in the image is a...

• waxing gibbous.

• waxing crescent.

• waning gibbous.

• waning crescent.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The collection of dust, gas, and stars to which our solar system belongs.

• sun

• galaxy

• solar system

• moon

What is the diameter of the Earth at the equator?

• 3,475km

• 12,742km

• 1,391,016km

• 384,400km