Unit 9: Patterns in the Sky Test Review

A change in the moon's shape is known as a(n) _________.

• constellation

• moon phase

• orbit

• tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When things turn like a top, they _______.

• tide

• rotate

• axis

• orbit

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Earth turns around an imaginary line called a(n) ________.

• axis

• rotate

• tide

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The path that one object takes around another object in space is called a(n)_________.

• orbit

• tide

• rotate

• axis

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The rise and fall in the water level is called a(n) _______.

• tide

• rotate

• orbit

• axis

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A group of stars that seems to form a pattern in the night sky is a(n) _________.

• tide

• constellation

• rotate

• orbit

During different seasons, you can see different stars in the night sky. What causes this?

• the sun's rotation

• the moon's revolution

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

______ ______ causes a change in the pattern of shadows on Earth as the sun moves across the sky.

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's revolution

• the moon's revolution

• Earth's path as it orbits the sun

In the US, an August day is usually hotter than a January day because Earth's North Pole tilts_________ in the summer and __________ in winter.

• away from the sun; towards the sun

• towards the sun; even further towards the sun

• towards the sun; away from the sun

• farther; closer

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Which scientist first described the orbits of the planets as elliptical?

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

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