Unit 3 quiz Review

Planets Rotate

• Spinning on an Axis

• Orbiting the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Planets Revolve

• Spinning on an Axis

• Orbiting the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Rotation

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(b) Revolution

• Orbiting

• Causes Day and Night

• Causes Stars to rise and set

• 15° per hour

• Causes changing constellations

• Causes changing seasons

• 1° per day

• Spinning

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How long does Earth Take to orbit the sun?

• 1 Day

• 24 Hours

• 1 Year

• 1 Month

Which kind of model of the solar system is represented by the diagram

• Geocentric

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• Heliocentric

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which kind of model of the solar system is represented by the diagram

• Geocentric

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• Heliocentric

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which planet has the greatest orbital speed in the diagram?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Why is planet B moving the fastest?

• Farthest from the Sun

• Closest to the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which Characteristic of the planets in our solar system increases as the distance from the Sun increase?

• Equatorial Diameter

• Period of Rotation

• Eccentricity of Orbit

• Period of Revolution

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Terrestrial Planets

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(b) Jovian Planets

• High Density

• Rocky Surface

• Longer Period of Revolution

• Low Density

• Smaller Ewuatorial Diameters

• Larger Equatorial Diameters

• Gaseous Surface

• Shorter Period of Revolution