Colliding Objects in Space

When the moon or a planet makes a revolution, the curved path it follows is its ___.

• eclipse

• orbit

• rotation

• universe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Earth, the Moon, and the planets also move around other bodies in space. What is that movement called?

• eclipse

• galaxy

• revolution

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Earth, the Moon, and the planets spin on their axis. What is that motion called?

• eclipse

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

identify this moon phase.

• full moon

• new moon

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Identify this type of eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which type of tide is shown?

• neap tide

• spring tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Identify the outer planets.

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Moon, Earth, Sun

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Identify the inner planets.

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Moon, Earth, Sun

Distances between galaxies are so large they are measured in a unit that is 9.46 trillion kilometers.

• astronomical unit

• eclipse

• light year

• rotation

A huge collection of stars , gas and dust

• Universal

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar system

• Inner and Outer planets