Earth and Space

If you walked outside one night and the moon looked like the diagram, but a week later you looked and it appeared larger, what caused this?

• The moon became larger

• The moon became brighter

• Earth and moon moved closer together

• You would be seeing more of the side of the moon that was lighted

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Which position would allow us on Earth to see a new moon?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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According to the diagram, which of the following correctly states the season for the given location?

• It is spring at location G

• It is winter at location H

• It is fall at location J

• It is summer at location K

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What causes the moon to appear to change shape?

• moon craters

• moon marias

• moon phases

• moon eclipses

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What does a solar system contain?

• a group of stars

• a star and the planets close to it

• the planets and moons around a star

• a star and the planets and other objects that revolve around it

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

An orbit is...

• a planet spinning on an axis

• the distance between a planet and the sun

• the speed a planet moves around the sun

• the path an object takes around another object in space

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A planet can have 1 or more moons. What is another word to describe what a moon is to a planet?

• an asteroid

• a comet

• a star

• a satellite

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Which moon phase would you see from earth?

• full moon

• crescent moon

• third quarter moon

• first quarter moon

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How long does it take the moon to revolve around the earth?

• about as long a one of earth's seasons

• about as long as one rotation of Earth

• about as long as one rotation of the moon

• about as long as one revolution of Earth around the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

About how long will it take for Earth to move from point Y to point Z?

• 6 months

• 1 year

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

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