Earth/Space Science EOC

Which of the following factors primarily causes winter on Earth?

• Increased distance from the sun

• Decreased tilt of the Earth's axis

• Movement of the Earth in its orbit

• Tilt of the Earth's axis away from the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When distance between objects decreases, gravitational force ____________________.

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

• more than doubles

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following sets of planets are primarily composed of rock and metal, with solid surfaces, and are located closer to the Sun?

• Terrestrial planets

• Gas giant planets

What is a prominence?

• Dark, cooler regions on the Sun's surface caused by magnetic activity

• Luminous displays of colored light in the Earth's polar regions caused by solar particles interacting with the atmosphere.

• Bright, gaseous loops extending from the Sun's surface into space

• The layer of the Sun's atmosphere above the photosphere, visible during a total solar eclipse

Which of the following models of the solar system places the Sun at the center and the planets orbiting around it?

• heliocentric model

• geocentric

• Earthopolis

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Arrange the following astronomical objects in order from smallest to largest in scale.

• moon, planet, universe, star, solar system, galaxy

• star, galaxy, planet, moon, solar system, universe

• star, galaxy, planet, moon, solar system, universe

• moon, planet, star, solar system, galaxy, universe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What does a light-year measure?

• the distance that light can travel in one year

• number of years it takes light to travel to Earth

• time it takes light to travel 1 million km

• the distance between the Sun and Earth

The sun causes ________________________

• even heating of the atmosphere, which leads to constant air pressure in the atmosphere, which causes winds.

• differential heating of the atmosphere, which leads to differences in air pressure that cause winds.

• differences in air pressure that lead to differential heating of the atmosphere, which causes winds.

• consistent air pressure in the atmosphere, which leads to even heating, which causes winds.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

____________________________________refers to the long-term patterns and averages of weather conditions in a particular region or area over a period of several decades to centuries.

• temperature

• climate

• weather

• pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Arrange the layers of the Earth's atmosphere in the correct order from the surface of the Earth going upward.

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere