The Milky Way and its Inner Planets & Moons Review

What is the Milky Way primarily filled with?

• Oceans and mountains

• Planets, stars, moons, and comets

• Black holes only

• Cities and countries

What did ancient ancestors study about the skies that helped them understand concepts useful for agriculture?

• The color of the sky

• The movement of the sun

• The patterns and movements of stars

• The number of planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What did ancient civilizations use to shape their understanding of the universe?

• Music and art

• Constellations and mathematics

• Politics and philosophy

• Agriculture and geography

What was commonly done by early cultures when observing the skies?

• They wrote stories about the stars

• They used telescopes to view stars

• They clumped stars into patterns called constellations

• They ignored the patterns in the stars

For what purpose did our ancestors apply mathematics to their astronomical studies?

• To create art

• To design structures

• To count time

• To navigate the seas

What is the term used to describe the path traced by a satellite around an object in space?

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Trajectory

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of the following is NOT considered a celestial body orbiting the Sun?

• Asteroids

• Comets

• The Earth's Moon

• Dwarf planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What unit is typically used to measure distances Beyond our solar system?

• Light-years

• Kilometers

• Miles

• Astronomical Units

What unit is typically used to measure distances Within our solar system?

• Light-years

• Kilometers

• Miles

• Astronomical Units

Approximately how many kilometers does light travel in one light-year?

• 10 trillion kilometers

• 1 trillion kilometers

• 100 billion kilometers

• 10 billion kilometers

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3