STAAR Review Science

The sum of all forces acting on an object.

• Contact Force

• Balanced Force

• Unbalanced Force

• Net Force

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What will cause an object to move?

• Applied forces

• Balanced forces

• Unbalanced forces

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an imaginary line that an object spins or revolves around

• equator

• hemisphere

• axis

• latitude

the orbiting of an object around another object

• Solstice

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun it is the

• Summer Solstice

• Vernal Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Autumnal Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun it is the

• Summer Solstice

• Vernal Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Autumnal Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase cycle repeats about every

• 365 days

• 20 days

• 29 days

• 15 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the moon is lined up exactly between the sun and Earth, it is called a ______ ______. 

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The luminosity of a star describes its ______________.

• brightness

• temperature

• age

• color