Astronomy Chapter

The time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis

• a day
• a month
• a year
• an hour

How long it takes for the moon to orbit the earth?

• 30 days
• 15 days
• 27.3 days
• 10 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Coldest planet in our Solar System

• Neptune
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Mars

This is what causes Mercury to have no weather

• Too much atmosphere
• High temperature
• Strong winds
• Lack of atmosphere

When the solar system formed, which planets lost most of their gases to the Sun?

• Jupiter and Saturn
• Uranus and Neptune
• Venus and Mars
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

The planet with the most moons

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Earth
• Mars

The process that creates energy in our sun, and is also what makes it a star.

• Nuclear fusion
• Planetary alignment
• Black hole formation
• Solar flares

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

The planet with the fastest wind speeds?

• Neptune
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

When does a lunar eclipse occur?

• Earth is between the Sun and the moon

• During a new moon

• Moon is between the Sun and the earth

• During a full moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Sun ejects a steady stream of charged particles called....

• stellar gust
• lunar breeze
• solar wind
• cosmic draft