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What is being shown in the diagram?

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• Full Moon

• Supernova

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun

• gravity & inertia

• heat & pressure

• inertia & pressure

• gravity & heat

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Sara is recording water levels in the ocean near her home once an hour for one day. She observed the water level slowly rising and falling twice that day. What is Sara observing?

• Currents

• Gravity

• Tides

• Waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What motion of the Earth takes 365 days?

• Rotation

• Tilting 

• Revolution

• Spinning

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

• space

Neap tides occur when the Earth, Sun and Moon are

• At a 90 degree angle

• In a straight line

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Spring tides occur when the Earth, Sun and Moon are

• At a 90 degree angle

• In a straight line

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Why does Jupiter have a longer year than Earth?

• it is farther away from the sun

• it has more gravity

• it has more mass

Different phenomena result when the relative positions of the Earth, Moon, & Sun change. What happens when they line up in a straight line?

• Seasons on Earth last longer

• Earth experiences higher high tides and lower low tides.

• The shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun changes.

• Gravity from both the Earth and the Sun keep the Moon from rotating.

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Which movement of Earth is Jackie demonstrating?

• revolution

• rotation

• spin

• tilt