Earth and Space STAAR Review

The spinning of Earth on its axis-

• Rotation

• Revolution

Pressure systems that is sinking air, and brings warm weather.

• High Pressure System

• Low Pressure System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by-

• Convection Currents in the Mantle

• Convection Currents in the Ocean

Moon phase that is in between the Earth and Sun-

• Full Moon

• New Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the term for a star's brightness as seen from Earth?

• Absolute magnitude

• Apparent magnitude

• Luminosity

• Intensity

What is the approximate distance from the Earth to the Sun?

• 93 million miles

• 150 million miles

• 93 thousand miles

• 150 thousand miles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the name given to the distance that light can travel in one year that is used to measure distances in the universe?

• Revolutions

• Mile- year

• Light-year

• Miles

What type of rock is formed from cooling lava?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Mineral

Earth's orbit around the Sun that takes one year-

• Revolution

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase that is before a 1st Quarter and after a New Moon-

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1