Day and Night

Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis

• Rotation
• Compass
• Sundail
• Movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Period during rotation when Earth is facing the Sun and it is lighted

• rotation
• day
• night
• shadow

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Period during Earth's rotation when Earth faces away from the Sun and it is dark

• day
• night
• shadow
• stars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An imaginary line around which the Earth spins

• axis
• rotation
• movement
• compass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Day & night are caused by the ______________ of Earth on its axis

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• tilt of the axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does the rotation of the Earth cause us to experience?

• seasons
• year
• day & night
• eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One rotation of Earth is equal to

• a day.
• a year.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes day and night?

• Earth orbiting the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• Earth rotation around the moon
• The sun going up and down

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

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

• 1 month
• 1 year (365 days) 
• 1 day (24 hours) 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When is it day?

• When our part of the Earth faces away from the sun.
• When our part of Earth is under the sun.
• When our part of Earth is close to the sun.
• When our part of the Earth faces the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1