Unit 2 Vocabulary—the Earth, Moon and Sun

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6th Grade
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Maria Levreault
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: The motion of a celestial body around another body is called ________.
Revolution
Rotation
Orbit
Spin
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: The path that is followed around another body in space is called ________.
Orbit
Trajectory
Pathway
Route
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: To spin on an axis is called ________.
Rotation
Revolution
Translation
Oscillation
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: The imaginary line that runs through the North and South poles of a planet around which it spins is called ________.
Axis
Equator
Meridian
Orbit
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a planet’s axis leans away from perpendicular, it is called ________.
Tilt
Rotation
Orbit
Revolution
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Half of the Earth, divided at the equator or a meridian, is called a ________.
Hemisphere
Continent
Quadrant
Sector
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sunlight that hits Earth almost perpendicular to the surface is called ________.
Direct Sunlight
Indirect Sunlight
Diffuse Sunlight
Scattered Sunlight
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
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