Space Systems Assessment - Kathryn Cooney | Laabri

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Take a moment to reflect on your work and circle the emoji(s) that you feel.

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Why did you circle the emoji(s) you did

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When it is summer in the northen hemisphere, it is winter in the southern hemisphere

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Which of these are reasons why summer months are hotter than winter months? Select all that apply:

A: Solar energy is less dispsersed/more direct

B: The Earth is closer to the sun when it is summer

C: The earth spends more time in daylight in the summer than the winter

D: The sun is hotter and brighter in the summer and colder/dimmer in the winter

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On Earth, day and night are caused by______________.

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What causes night and day?

solar and lunar eclipses

the rise and fall of the tides

Earth orbiting the Sun

Earth spinning around its axis

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Earth's orbit around the Sun and its 23.5 degree tilt on its axis cause __________?

phases of the Moon

solar eclipses

seasons

tides

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Which statement about orbits is correct?

The Sun orbits the Moon.

The Moon orbits the Solar System.

Earth orbits the Moon.

The Moon orbits Earth.

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Why does a person on Earth always see the same side of the Moon?

The Moon turns on its axis and orbits Earth in the same amount of time.

The Moon turns on its axis in the same amount of time Earth orbits the Sun.

The Moon orbits Earth and Earth turns on its own axis in the same amount of time.

The Moon and Earth both turn on their axes in the same amount of time.

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The Moon causes tides on Earth by producing ________.

a bulge of water on the side of Earth nearest the Moon

two bulges of water, one toward and one away from the Moon

four bulges of water evenly spaced around Earth

eight bulges of water evenly spaced around Earth

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A Spring Tide occurs when ____________.

the moon, Earth, and Sun are in a straight line

the moon, Earth, and Sun are at a 90 degree angle

it is winter only

it is summer only

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The seasons change as the earth orbits around the sun.

rotation

revolution

ROTATION or REVOLUTION: for 11 - 16, read the statements and decide whether the event described is because of the Earth'

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When one side of the world is having daytime, the other side is having nighttime.

rotation

revolution

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completed in 24 hours

rotation

revolution

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The images of the Moon Phases above are numbered IN ORDER from beginning to end. Drag the correct title from the left to match the right phase based on the numbers above.

First Quarter
Full Moon
New Moon
Third Quarter
Waning Crescent
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
Waxing Gibbous

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For the Short Answer questions, use AT LEAST 3 full sentences with punctuation. Small spelling errors will not count against you, but if your wording is so scrambled up and I can't understand it, I will take points off. Check your spelling and grammar and read it out loud in your head to make sure it makes sense before you submit!

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What is an eclipse? What is the difference between a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse?

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What is included in the Universe?

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What do scientists call the big expansion that started the universe?

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What is the name of the teeny, tiny, super hot and dense particle that the whole universe expanded from during the Big Bang?

The Origin Point

The Center of the Universe

The Big Bang Core

The Singularity

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Which of the following best defines a galaxy?

A giant star

An area of high gravity where even light cannot escape

A large group of stars spinning around a center of high gravity

A star and its planets

A large area of empty space

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What is the name of the galaxy we live in?

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What type of galaxy is the Milky Way

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What is an Astronomical Unit (AU)? How big is 1 AU?

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Which unit would be best for measuring the distance between the planets Venus and Jupiter?

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Which unit of distance would be best for measuring the distance between the Sun and other stars in the Milky Way Galaxy?

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Why don‘t we see a lunar eclipse every time the moon is in full moon phase?

NASA built the ice walls too high so now we can’t see the moon

someone is shining a flashlight in your eye

the moon’s orbit is tilted

the Earth‘srotation switches back and forth

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Why do we only ever see the same side of the moon?

its rotation and revolution are the same

it doesn’t move

its rotation is the same as the Earth’s

it revolves around Jupiter

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The highest high tides and the lowest low tides will occur when the moon is in position

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M1

M2

M4

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How do you know this moon is waxing?

there is no light

the light is on the left

the light is on the right

the light is on the up

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The next full moon will most likely be on

August 39th

Septembet 1st

August 13th

August 20th

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Draw what the moon would look like from Earth when it is in position 1. Remember to ignore the part of the moon we cannot see from Earth.

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Draw what the moon would look like from Earth when it is in position 4. Remember to ignore the part of the moon we cannot see from Earth.

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Which position is the moon in during a lunar eclipse?

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Which position is the moon in during a solar eclipse?

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4

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1298.6

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What causes the tidal bulge seen in the diagram (H=high L=low)?

Earth’s gravity

Moon’s gravitational pull

nuclear power

waxing crescent moon

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Which location is experiencing a solar eclipse?

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B

sun

saturn