Earth Sun Moon System

Rohan, Avery, and Grace are playing with a toy top. What action does the toy top do when Rohan spins it on its axis?

• rotate

• revolve

• hop

• equator

Hannah, Daniel, and Olivia are studying about Earth in their geography class. Their teacher asked them about the imaginary line around which Earth rotates. What did they answer?

• equator

• atmosphere

• axis

• rotate

Maya and Rohan are studying astronomy and they learned about an object, like the moon, that moves around a much larger object, like the Earth. What is this object called?

• meteor

• satellite

• asteroid

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Emma, Avery, and Michael are studying astronomy. They learned that Earth does something to go around, or orbit, the Sun. What is this action called?

• revolve

• rotate

• orbit

• spin

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Isla, Samuel, and Charlotte are discussing why we have different seasons throughout the year. Samuel suggests it's caused by the tilt of the Earth (23.5*). What does this tilt cause?

• day

• seasons

• month

• night

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Olivia, Lily, and Rohan are at the beach observing the ocean. They notice a regular rise and fall of the sea level. They discuss that this phenomenon is caused by the pull of the moon's gravity on the Earth. What is this phenomenon called?

• seasons

• tides

• day/night cycle

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If Emma, Abigail, and Samuel were living on an Earth that was not tilted on its axis

• there would be no seasons

• the whole planet would be warmer

• there would be no gravity

• nothing would change

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Noah, Charlotte, and Sophia are at the beach observing the sea. They notice that the sea level rises and falls at regular intervals. What is causing this phenomenon?

• It's caused by the gravity of the moon and sun

• It's due to the temperature of the atmosphere

• It's because wind is making waves

• It's due to earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Charlotte, Nora, and Arjun were discussing about the solar system. Arjun said, 'Without the sun's gravity, the planets of our solar system would'

• crash into the sun

• explode

• be flung out to space in a straight line

• continue in their orbits

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Rohan, Oliver, and Abigail are playing a game of throwing a ball in a circular path. What force keeps the ball moving in a circular path, similar to how the planets orbit the sun, the moons orbit the planets, and you stay on the surface of the Earth?

• electromagnetism

• the strong force

• gravity

• the weak force

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4