Cyclical Patterns Assessment

What phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow over Earth?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

• Equinox

• Solstice

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the term for the Earth's yearly orbit around the Sun?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbital Shift

• Solar Circling

• Axial Tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the term for the Earth's spin around its axis?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbiting

• Wobbling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A pattern that happens over and over again and can be predicted.

• cyclic patterns

• lunar phases

• eclipses

• axis

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

6. Decreasing in size, getting smaller.

• waning

• cyclic patterns

• lunar phases

• eclipses

• axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Greater than half of a circle, but less than a full circle

• gibbous

• cyclic patterns

• lunar phases

• eclipses

• axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What term describes the different appearances of the moon from Earth over time?

• Orbital shift

• Lunar phases

• Celestial rotation

• Solar alignment

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

9. How long does it take for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun?

• 365 days
• 365.25 days
• 24 hours
• 28 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

10. In what shape does Earth orbit around the Sun?

• a circle
• a square
• an ellipse
• the Earth does not go around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

11. True or False: The Sun only appears to move across the sky each day, it's actually just the Earth moving.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1