Unit 2 Vocabulary—the Earth, Moon and Sun

Unit 2 Vocabulary—the Earth, Moon and Sun

6th Grade

31 Qs

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Unit 2 Vocabulary—the Earth, Moon and Sun

Unit 2 Vocabulary—the Earth, Moon and Sun

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS2-6, 3-ESS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Maria Levreault

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

31 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

When a planet’s axis leans away from perpendicular, it is called ________.

Tilt

Rotation

Orbit

Revolution

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Media Image

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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