Science Sol

How is Earth different from all of the other planets?

• It has a breathable atmosphere.

• It has a rocky surface.

• It is warmed by the sun.

• It rotates on an axis.

The Earth is very different from the other planets in the solar system because it has the most --

• solid rock

• volcanoes

• liquid water

• high winds

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The distance between which of these is the shortest?

• Earth and Sun

• Moon and SUn

• Earth and Mars

• Earth and Moon

About 400 years ago, Galileo recorded what the moon looked like. Through the telescope, he was able to tell that the moon had --

• plants but no animals

• many craters

• active volcanoes

• polar ice caps

Which of these objects in the solar system has been visited by people from Earth?

• Moon

• Sun

• Mars

• Asteroids

The salinity of ocean water is determined by

• the depth of the water, melting icebergs, rates of evaporation, and the amount of runoff from nearby land.

• the number of ships on the ocean, pollution, and the number of animals in the ocean.

• the phase of the moon, the amount of moisture in the air, and the amount of trash in the ocean.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In this photo, who is the tertiary consumer?

• the seaweed

• the shark

• the fish

• the shrimp

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What is the part of the ocean where most life is found? This is also the sloping border on the continent that is below the water.

• ocean trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• ocean current

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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This is the steep slope to the ocean floor. It's the transition between the continental crust and the oceanic crust.

• trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• continental slope

This is a smooth flat surface of the ocean floor.

• ocean trench

• abyssal plain

• tide

• current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4