Solar System and Moon Phases

Solar System and Moon Phases

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Solar System and Moon Phases

Solar System and Moon Phases

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-PS2-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What causes Earth to observe different phases of the Moon? (Topic: Moon Phases)

Earth's shadow

The rotation of the Moon

The revolution of the Moon

The revolution of Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As Moon appears to get smaller, what term best describes how it looks? (Topic: Moon Phases)

Waxing

Waning

Swelling

Disappearing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which Moon phase appears to be completely dark? (Topic: Moon Phases)

New Moon

Waxing Crescent

Full Moon

First Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which term best describes an object that orbits a planet? (Topic: Solar System)

Satellite

Asteroid

Meteor

Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Over the course of 14 days, a student notices that the moon appears to be getting smaller and smaller in the sky. Which lunar phase will the student most likely observe on the 15 day? (Topic: Moon Phase)

Full moon

Waxing gibbous

First quarter

New moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A scientist is studying a celestial object in our solar system. It is spherical and has more than ten moons. Which term best describes this object? (Topic: Solar System)

Star

Asteroid

Moon

Planet

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Jupiter has more than 60 moons. What keeps Jupiter's moons in orbit? (Topic: Solar System)

Heat

Gravity

Light

Friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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