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MS NGSS Grade 7.
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What lunar phase shows the illuminated side growing (illuminated on the right)?
a) waning
b) waxing
c) new moon
d) gibbous
If you drew an imaginary line from the northern most to southern most part of the earth, this is referred to as...
a) tilt
b) revolution
c) the axis
d) seasons
When earth is tilted towards the sun, the norther hemisphere experiences which season?
a) spring
b) winter
c) summer
d) fall
The correct order during a solar eclipse is...
a) sun, then earth, then moon
b) moon, then sun, then earth
c) sun, then moon, then earth
d) none of these
The correct order during a lunar eclipse is...
a) sun, then earth, then moon
b) sun, then moon, then earth
c) moon, then sun, then earth
d) none of these
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are considered...
a) gas giants
b) Jovian planets
c) terrestrial planets
d) uninhabitable
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are considered...
a) gas planets
b) rocky planets
c) terrestrial planets
d) small in diameter
What causes earth to experience seasons?
a) rotation and direction
b) revolution and tilt
c) revolution and rotation
d) rotation and tilt
While there are many confirmed galaxies, our galaxy is called...
a) Jovian galaxy
b) Milky Way galaxy
c) Mars Bars galaxy
d) the biggest
Gravity is...
a) the force that pushes you down to the earth
b) a force that attracts an object with mass to another object with mass
c) the force that all planets have, except Neptune
d) the force that allows us to float in space
The term used to describe the illuminated side of the moon shrinking (illuminated side is on the left).
a) waxing
b) waning
c) gibbous
d) crescent
When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from direct sunlight, the season we experience is...
a) summer
b) spring
c) fall
d) winter
What moon phase is shown when the left half of the moon is illuminated?
a) waxing gibbou
b) waning crescient
c) 1st quarter
d) 3rd quarter
(fill in the blanks) Starting with the new moon, the moon illuminates on the ______ side, reaches a full moon, then illuminates on the ____ side, shrinking back down to a new moon.
a) stays the same, grows
b) right, left
c) speeds up, remains the same
d) left, right
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