Astronomy

Astronomy

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Astronomy

Astronomy

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-PS1-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

When the visible (lit) portion of the moon is increasing, the moon is:

waning

full

waxing

new

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Movement of Earth around the sun.

Rotation

Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Spinning of Earth on its axis.

Rotation

Revolution

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these shows the position of the Sun, Moon, and Earth when a new moon phase occurs?

Media Image
Media Image
Media Image
Media Image

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the name of the theory that Ptolemy supported and which object was in the center?

Geocentric, Sun

Geocentric, Earth

Heliocentric, Sun

Heliocentric, Earth

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The moons trip around the earth is called a____________

Rotation

Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why do shadows move?

They don't.

As the Earth rotates, the sun appears to move across the sky.

As the Earth revolves, the sun appears to move across the sky.

The sun rotates around the Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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