2/6 Bellwork

What is the term for the path an object takes as it moves around another object in space?

• Spin

• Twist

• Revolution

• Rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What do we call the spinning of Earth on its own axis?

• Cycle

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

What causes the tides? (HINT: Choose two that apply!)

• The gravitational pull and position of the Moon

• The gravitational pull and position of the Sun

• Underwater Currents

• Wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Select all that are TRUE:

• Each day, there are 2 high tides and 2 low tides

• Spring Tides occur during full moons and new moons

• Neap Tides occur during 1st and 3rd quarter moons

• The moon has the greatest effect on the tides

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The picture shows a _____ eclipse. This is when the Earth's shadow falls on the moon.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The picture shows a _____ eclipse. This is when the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What color star is our sun?

• Red

• White

• Yellow

• Our sun is not a star

The Sun is made up of what TWO elements?

• Helium

• Radium

• Solarium

• Hydrogen

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Fill in the blank: Nuclear ______ is when hydrogen atoms are squeezed together to create Helium.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The part of the sun that we see is called the ...

• Chromosphere

• Core

• Photosphere

• Radiative Zone