Earth and Space Science Test

How are earthquakes and volcanoes alike?

• They only occur on land.

• They are only destructive forces.

• They are only constructive forces

• They are both destructive and constructive forces.

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What causes water to flow downhill?

• erosion

• gravity

• weathering

• the slope of the hill

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Select all that apply.

A full Solar Eclipse is when

• The moon casts a shadow on Earth

• Earth casts a shadow on the moon

• During the New moon phase

• Can only be seen from one specific point on Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What type of tide would this arrangement of the Sun, Earth and Moon create?

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• New tide

• Tide detergent

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What type of tide would this arrangement of the Sun, Earth and Moon be?

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• New tide

• Tide detergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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During a Lunar Eclipse, the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.

• True

• False

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Earth spinning on its axis causes day and night. What best describes this?

• Orbit

• Season

• Period of Revolution

• Period of Rotation

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What is the Lunar Cycle?

• The amount of time it takes the sun to revolve around the planets

• The amount of time it takes the moon to revolve around Earth

• The amount time it takes the moon to develop

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How long is the lunar cycle?

• About a year

• About a day

• About a month

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What phase of the moon directly follows (comes after) a new moon?

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

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