space science ssa review

For a solar eclipse to occur, what has to happen?

• The sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.
• The moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which term refers to Earth's spin around its axis?

• rotation

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What moon phase is shown?

• First Quarter

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A student was asked to describe the climate of her home town in her journal. Which of the following is a sentence that could describe the climate of her home town? 

• On average, the city gets about 185cm of water per year and has an average high temperature of 23ºC. 
• It rained for 13 ours straight last night
• It is expected the wind will blow at 15mph per hour from the west, and a late afternoon storm could produce lightning
• It was mostly cloudy everyday this week. Temperatures ranged from 3ºC to 15ºC

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Brighter stars are hotter, larger, and closer to Earth

• True

• False

In what layer of the atmosphere do all weather events occur?

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of eclipse is being shown in the diagram?

• Total solar eclipse
• Total lunar eclipse
• partial solar eclipse
• partial lunar eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide
• spring tide
• new moon tide
• full moon tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This is a diagram of the moon phases. In which phase would a solar eclipse occur?

• New Moon
• 1st quarter
• Full Moon
• 3rd Quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following correctly orders the size of the universe from smallest to largest? (Topic: Solar System)

• Planet, galaxy, solar system, universe

• Universe, solar system, galaxy, planet

• Galaxy, solar system, planet, universe

• Planet, solar system, galaxy, universe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3