Astronomy Lesson

Astronomy Lesson

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Astronomy Lesson

Astronomy Lesson

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What protects us from the onslaught of subatomic particles from the Sun?

gravitational field

electric field

magnetic field

mine field

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the name or our spiral galaxy?

Andromeda

Milky Way

Virgo

Triangulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The visible Universe is _____

expanding, faster every day

expanding at a constant rate

stationary

shrinking

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

For a kid, what can be very simply defined as "the study of things in the sky"?

astrology

meteorology

astronomy

geology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the study of the moon, stars, meteoroids, and other space objects?

astronomy

astrology

meteorology

geology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The branch of science that deals with the physical universe beyond Earth's atmosphere.

Atmosphere

Astronomy

Gravity

Satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a scientist who studies the objects in the sky, including planets, galaxies, black holes, and stars

asterisk

astrophysics

astronomer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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