Understanding the Seasons  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_8J

Understanding the Seasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_8J

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Understanding the Seasons  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_8J

Understanding the Seasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_8J

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS1-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Craig Anderson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the video, what were the seasons like when the author was a kid?

December and January were cold and covered with snow, April and May were bursting with flowers, July and August were hot and sunshiny, and September and October were a kaleidoscope of colorful leaves.

December and January were hot and sunshiny, April and May were bursting with flowers, July and August were cold and covered with snow, and September and October were a kaleidoscope of colorful leaves.

December and January were bursting with flowers, April and May were hot and sunshiny, July and August were cold and covered with snow, and September and October were a kaleidoscope of colorful leaves.

December and January were cold and covered with snow, April and May were hot and sunshiny, July and August were bursting with flowers, and September and October were a kaleidoscope of colorful leaves.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Johannes Kepler prove about planetary orbits?

Planetary orbits are elliptical and the sun is not at the center of the orbit.

Planetary orbits are circular and the sun is at the center of the orbit.

Planetary orbits are elliptical and the sun is at the center of the orbit.

Planetary orbits are circular and the sun is not at the center of the orbit.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main reason for the seasons on Earth?

The Earth's distance from the sun.

The Earth's axial tilt.

The number of daylight hours.

The Earth's elliptical orbit.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What effect does the tilt of the Earth's axis have on the number of daylight hours?

It causes more hours of daylight in summer and fewer in winter.

It causes more hours of daylight in winter and fewer in summer.

It causes the same number of daylight hours throughout the year.

It has no effect on the number of daylight hours.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does a location at about 40 degrees north of the equator experience longer hours of warming in summer?

Because the Earth is closer to the sun in summer.

Because the Earth is further away from the sun in summer.

Because the Earth's axial tilt causes the sun to be more directly overhead in summer.

Because the Earth's axial tilt causes the sun to be less directly overhead in summer.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the number of daylight hours as you move north?

The number of daylight hours decreases.

The number of daylight hours increases.

The number of daylight hours stays the same.

The number of daylight hours varies randomly.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the North Pole not the hottest place on Earth in northern summer?

Because it receives 24 hours of daylight.

Because it is covered in ice and snow.

Because it is further away from the sun.

Because it is tilted away from the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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