Earth Moon and Sun Amplify

The star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system

• moon

• exoplanet

• Sun

• Earth

• illuminate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is true about the moon?

• It makes its own light.

• It does not make its own light.

• It has light colored rocks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is true about the sun and the moon?

• The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is facing it, and the other half is dark.

• The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is not facing it, and the other half is dark.

• The sun illuminates the entire moon and no part of it is dark.

• The Moon makes its own light and the sun doesn't have anything to do with it.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Light from the sun travels...

• in straight lines

• unpredictably

• like a river, wherever there is an open path

• depends; it can change direction if it is bright enough

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Complete the sentence to estimate the diameter of the Sun compared to Earth.

The Sun's diameter is about _____ times greater than Earth's.

• 3

• 10

• 100

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is a moon?

• A rocky sphere that travels around a planet

• A gaseous sphere that travels around a planet

• A sphere made of water and rock that travels around a planet

• An ovule shaped planet made of rock that revolves around a planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Where does the moon get it's light?

• The moon generates it's light from its core

• The moon is illuminated by the neighboring stars

• The moon is illuminated by the suns rays

• The moon is illuminated by the light from the earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

On the moon, the border between light and dark is...

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• scale

• exomoon

• model

• pattern

• claim

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A rocky sphere that travels around a planet

• sun

• moon

• pattern

• orbit

• terminator

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1