Rotation, Revolution, and Shadows

The Sun goes around the Earth.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Earth goes around the moon.

• True
• False

The Earth goes around the Sun.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The moon goes around the Earth.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes the seasons?

• the tilt of the Earth's axis and orbit around the sun
• the rotation of the Moon around Earth
• The spinning of Earth on its axis
• The northern and southern hemispheres

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes day/night on the Earth?

• Earth's rotation on its axis
• the Sun's revolution around Earth
• Earth's revolution around the Sun
• The Sun's rotation on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which is TRUE of the day/night cycle on Earth?

• All parts of the Earth are in sunlight at the same time
• As the Earth rotates, only the part of the Earth lit by the sun experiences daytime
• Each time the Earth revolves around the Sun, one day has passed
• It takes the earth eighteen hours to complete one day/night cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the sun gets higher in the sky, shadows get ______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

When the sun gets lower in the sky, shadows get______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun appears to __________.

• rise in the east, set in the west

• rise in the west, set in the east

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1