Earth and Space Pre-assessment

The moon is a natural  ______ of Earth.

• comet
• axis
• satellite
• space probe

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.7

CCSS.RL.K.7

CCSS.RI.1.7

CCSS.RL.1.7

CCSS.RI.1.6

Select the order from smallest to largest.

• Sun, Milky Way, solar system, universe
• Sun, Milky Way, universe, solar system
• Sun, solar system, Milky Way, universe
• Sun, solar system, universe, Milky Way

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.

• months
• day and night
• seasons
• years

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.

• months
• day and night
• seasons
• years

Why do we have night and day?

• Earth's rotation
• Earth's revolution around the Sun
• The Sun rotating
• The moon block the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6