Science 5.8 CD

The Sun is made of mostly two gases, and they are....

• Helium and Nitrogen

• Hydrogen and Oxygen

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Nitrogen and Oxygen

What is a METEOR?

• A rock floating around in space

• A vegetarian meat substitute that tastes like beef

• The flash of light made by an object burning up in Earth's atmosphere (A "shooting star")

• A rock found on the beach that came from space

Which answer choice has the planets placed IN ORDER?

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

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

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

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

What pulls objects to the center of the Earth?

• the sun

• the moon

• the tides

• gravity

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What time of day is a shadow the shortest?

• morning

• evening

• noon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a group of stars that makes a pattern?

• Ursa Minor (Little Dipper)

• Hercules

• constellations

• Ursa Major (Big Dipper)

Earth ________ on its axis.

• rotates

• revolves

• twists and shouts

• stays

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When the sun is low in the sky, the shadows are:

• short

• long

• there are no shadows.

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Whatever the direction the sun is in the sky, the shadows it creates, will point in the

• same direction

• opposite direction

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do the length of shadows change throughout the day?

• Because of the revolution of Earth around the sun

• Because of the revolution of the moon around Earth

• Because of the rising and setting of the sun

• Because of the movement of stars in a circle