Galaxies, Gravity, Seasons, and Tides

Match the following

• Spiral Galaxy

• 
• Elliptical Galaxy

• 
• Irregular Galaxy

• 

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TEKS.SCI.8.9B

Label the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere.

a

b

c

d

Summer

Fall

Winter

Spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Neap tides occur at which two moon phases?

• 1st and 2nd

• 1st and 3rd

• full and new

• full and last

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During which 2 moon phases do spring tides occur?

• full moon

• 1st quarter

• 3rd quarter

• new moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the primary cause of tides on Earth?

• Earth's rotation

• Moon's gravity

• Wind

• Sun's gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which tide has the greatest tidal range?

• spring tide

• neap tide

• high tide

• low tide

How many tides occur in a 24 hour period?

• 2

• 4

• 28

• 1

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What celestial object in our solar system has the most mass?

• Jupiter

• Sun

• Earth

• Moon

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What causes Earth to have seasons?

• The tilt and revolution

• The equator

• The Hemispheres

• 1 year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Tides are caused mainly by what?

• Moon’s gravitational pull
• Sun’s gravitational pull
• Earth’s gravitational pull

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2