Earth, Sun, and Moon / Technology in Space

What is the imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth’s rotation?

• Axis

• Earth

• Gravity

• Lunar Cycle

What is relating to quantitative differences?

• Differential

• Eclipse

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the third planet in order from the Sun and the only planet in the solar system that supports life?

• Earth

• Gravity

• Lunar Cycle

• Relative Position

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What is an obscuring of the light from a celestial body by the passage of an object between the celestial body and the observer or between the celestial body and its source of illumination?

• Eclipse

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Moon

• Seasons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the force that causes objects with mass to attract one another?

• Gravity

• Lunar Cycle

• Relative Position

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is the law saying that every object in the universe attracts every other object and that the force is affected by mass and distance?

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Moon

• Seasons

• Tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is the Moon’s repeated pattern of movement and changes in appearance due to its position relative to Earth and the Sun?

• Lunar Cycle

• Relative Position

• Sun

• Astronaut

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a celestial body that revolves around a planet?

• Moon

• Seasons

• Tide

• Computation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is where an object is located in relation to another object?

• Relative Position

• Sun

• Astronaut

• Measurement

What are the four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to varying amounts of sunlight received (both intensity and number of daylight hours vary); caused by the tilt of Earth during its revolution?

• Seasons

• Tide

• Computation

• Microgravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1