Earth Moon Sun Vocabulary
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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the tide with the least difference between high and low tides?
Spring Tide
Neap Tide
Summer Tide
Fall Tide
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is true about the sun and the moon?
The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is facing it, and the other half is dark.
The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is not facing it, and the other half is dark.
The sun illuminates the entire moon and no part of it is dark.
The Moon makes its own light and the sun doesn't have anything to do with it.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
From Earth...
we can only see the half of the moon that is facing us
we see the moon all the time
we can only see the half of the moon that is facing away from us
we never see the moon
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why do we see different phases of the moon?
We see different amounts of the illuminated half of the moon because the moon moves to different positions around the Earth.
We see different phases of the moon due to the colored rocks we see from Earth.
We see different amounts of the Moon due to how close it is to the sun.
We don't see different phases of the moon.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Is there a pattern to the position of the Moon?
Yes-because the Moon orbits around Earth.
Yes-because the Moon gets closer or farther away from the sun.
No-the moon appears in the sky at different times and is unpredictable.
No-the moon never moves or changes.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you looked in the sky and saw a waning gibbous, when is the first time you will see a waning gibbous again?
one month
one week
two weeks
it depends; the moon is unpredictable
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Is there ever a time that the moon will be completely dark from Earth's perspective?
Yes, only during a lunar eclipse.
Yes, always during a new moon.
Yes, always during a new moon and sometimes during a full moon when a lunar eclipse is possible.
No, the moon is always half illuminated by the sun.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
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