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If someone is building a scale model of our solar system which characteristic would be the most difficult to build into the model?

• The number of objects

• The colors of the objects

• The distances between objects

• The composition of the objects

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What makes up the solar system?

• sun

• moon

• asteroids

• black hole

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following BEST describes the shape of each planets orbit?

• circle

• elliptical

• sphere

• rectangular

Why is a year on the outer planets much longer than a year on the inner planets?

• they are larger

• they are closer to the sun

• they have a larger orbit since they are further from the sun

• a year is the same amount of time on all planets

Longest unit of geologic time (ex. Phanerozoic)

• Period

• Epoch

• Eon

• Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

One of the three long units of geologic time between the Precambrian and the present

• Period

• Epoch

• Eon

• Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

One of the units of geologic time into which geologist divide eras

• Period

• Epoch

• Relative age

• Absolute age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

True age of a rock or fossil

• Rock strata

• Igneous rock

• Relative age

• Absolute age

Horizontal layers of sedimentary rock

• Rock strata

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rocked formed by the crystallization of hot melted rock or minerals

• Rock strata

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1