8th Grade NeSA Review 1- Earth and Space

Which object does NOT shine as a result of reflected light?

What causes day and night on Earth?

When Earth's axis is pointing toward the sun, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?

Kids count the # of chirps crickets made at different temps. How should they graph the data?

Temperature is collected for one week.  What type of graph should be made?

Which term defines the movement of Earth around the Sun?

What is the main source of fossil fuels?

What is the volume of a box with a length of 5cm, a width of 3 cm, and a height of 2cm?

When do eclipses occur?

Which planet is similar to Earth in mass and diameter?

Which materials transform into fossil fuels?

Which phase is the moon in during a solar eclipse?

What is an example of a renewable resource?

What percentage of energy comes from fossil fuels?

Which resource is nonrenewable?

Which earth material can be classified as a renewable resource?

Kids conducted an experiment on butterflies. What qualitative information could be gathered?

A microscope eyepiece magnified 10x and the lens magnifies 10x. What's the magnification power?

How long does it take Earth to rotate on its axis?

Why does Polaris (the North Star) appear to not move in the night sky?

Kids observe 13 colonies of bacteria growing in a Petri dish. Which data is quantitative?

What causes different stars to appear in the sky at various times of year?

Which phase of the moon is between 1st quarter and full moon?

Why do stars appear to move from Earth to West?

Which graph would be used to compare the parts of a whole?

What do all of the inner planets have in common?

Students are required to observe an object. Which observation is qualitative?

What is one way to use geothermal energy?

What is the official name of the metric system?