DSR Quiz 5 Review

The asteroid belt orbits the sun in between which two planets?

• Mercury and Venus

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

Choose 2. Which of the following are characteristics of terrestrial planets?

• Made mostly of rock

• Made mostly of gas

• Closer to the Sun

• Farther from the Sun

Which type of space rock hit Earth forming the Chicxulub crater?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

Compare each planet’s period of orbit below. What trend do you notice?

• As planets get further from the Sun, orbits shorten.

• As planets get further from the Sun, orbits lengthen.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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Which space rock is made of dust, rock and metals. It ranges in size from less than 10 km to over 1,000 km?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which space rock orbits the sun in highly elliptical orbits? It is shown in purple in the figure.

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A space rock made up of dust particles, ice, and frozen gases.

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

A student writes about an asteroid as a small body of rock and metal that has a large dust tail when it orbits the sun. Which part of the story of asteroids would the textbook disagree with?

• The asteroid orbits the Sun.

• The asteroid is a small body.

• The asteroid has a large dust tail.

• The asteroid is made of rock and metal.

What causes the different phases of the moon?

• The Moon changing its shape.

• The Earth's shadow on the Moon.

• The Moon's orbit around the Earth.

• The Sun moving closer to the Moon.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Look at the moon phase diagram.

Which moon phase would be seen from Earth at Position 2?

• New moon

• Waxing crescent

• First quarter

• Waning crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1