Space Test Review

All stars, including the sun, are hot balls of

• air

• gas

• matter

• energy

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Gravity keeps the Earth __________ around the sun.

• turning

• spinning

• rotating

• revolving

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A building that is used for viewing and studying the sky and space is called what?

• NASA Space Center

• Department

• observatory

• Space organization

Observatories tend to be located in what type of areas?

• unpopulated

• populated

• cities

• open

The ___________occurs when the moon is positioned between the Earth and sun. During this phase of the moon no part of the moon is visible to Earth.

• full moon

• third quarter

• first quarter

• new moon

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A person living on Earth sees daytime and nighttime every 24 hours. Which of these is responsible for changes from daytime to nighttime on Earth?

• Earth orbiting the sun

• moon orbiting Earth

• Earth rotating about its axis

• Earths tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The changing _________ of the moon depend upon the positions of the sun, moon and Earth.

• rotation

• phases

• orbit

• faces

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Scientists describe Earth as having an imaginary line through it from pole to pole, about which Earth spins. What is this imaginary line called?

• plane

• equator

• axis

• satellite

A system of 24 __________ satellites can pinpoint someones exact location on Earth.

• GPS

• radio

• AQUA

• television

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This picture shows a phase of the moon.

What will the NEXT phase be?

• last quarter

• full moon

• first quarter

• new moon

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