Moon and Sun Structure Quiz

The dark spots on the moon are called...

• Highlands

• Marias

• Anorthosite Canyons

• Craters

What characteristics do the moon and earth NOT share?

• craters

• oceans

• rocks

• mountains

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The moon does not create its own __________, but reflects the light of the ___________.

• phase, sun

• light, sun

• sun, phase

• sun, light

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The energy from the sun is created by a process called:

• nuclear fission
• nuclear fusion
• nuclear reaction
• nuclear core

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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____________are areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the gas around them.

• Solar Wind

• Solar Flares

• Sunspots

• Core

In which area of the sun does gas rise as it heats up, then fall back down as it cools?

• the core
• the radiation zone
• the convection zone
• the corona

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

a brief burst of energy from the sun’s photosphere

• corona
• solar flare
• solar wind
• photosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

What is the moon mostly made of?

• Green Cheese

• Hot gases

• Lava

• Rock

A satellite is defined as something that orbits a planet. How many NATURAL satellite(s) does Earth have?

• Five

• Sixteen

• One

• Three

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Why do the craters and Maria that are on the moon still look the same?

• No one has ever been to the moon to disturb them

• There is no atmosphere or weather on the moon

• The temperature is too cold to change them

• There is so much gravity on the moon that pulls them