moon/solar system/ asteroids...

What is the leading hypothesis of how the moon formed?

• Crash Hypothesis

• Lunar Hypothesis

• Giant Impact Hypothesis

• Collision Hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What are craters mainly caused by?

• meteorite impacts

• tectonic activity

• volcanoes

• moonquakes

Why do we only see one side of the moon from Earth?

• it spins too slowly

• it spins too fast

• tidal locking

• synchronous orbitals

How long does it take the moon to complete one revolution and one rotation?

• 30 days

• 27.3 days

• 29.5 days

• 14 days

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which planets have a small core, no solid surface, rings of dust and ice, and many moons?

• dwarf planets

• Asteroids

• terrestrial planets

• jovian planets

What is the Great Red Spot and what planet is it located on?

• volcano, Jupiter

• cyclone, Neptune

• cyclone, Jupiter

• mountain, Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planets have distinct layers and geologic evidence of current or past volcanic activity?

• terrestrial planets

• jovian planets

• dwarf planets

• Comets

Which planet has a mass greater than all of the other planets in the solar system combined?

• uranus

• jupiter

• saturn

• neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is the 5th largest, has 1 moon, and is made up of 71% water?

• mars

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which planet is the hottest and is a similar size to Earth?

• Venus

• mercury

• mars

• neptune