5.1 - Vocabulary

What is the path an object follows as it moves around another object called?

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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What is the term for the orbit of one object around another object?

• Gravity

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Solstice

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass?

• Intensity

• Gravity

• Equator

• Rotational Axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the spin of an object around its axis called?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Solstice

• Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

 the line around which an object rotates.

• Rotational Axis

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Border line

the amount of energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second.

• Intensity

• The Fierce Gaze of Mr. Francis

• Gravity

• Focus

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Equator

• Orbit

When is Earth's rotation axis tilted neither toward nor away from the Sun?

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Revolution

• Intensity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

 when Earth's rotation axis is tilted directly toward or away from the Sun.

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Gravity

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How many days are in a Leap Year?

• 365

• 366

• 364

• 363