U1 "Day and Night"

What happens as Earth rotates?

• Day changes to night

• Spring changes to fall

• The Moon changes shape

• Earth's axis changes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which is true about Earth as it rotates?

• Earth's spinning makes people dizzy.

• Earth rotates once a year.

• Earth spins in the same direction.

• Earth stops and starts.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Longer shadows mean...

• The Earth has stopped rotating.

• The Sun is lower in the sky.

• It is the middle of the day.

• It is very dark outside.

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

It is ____________ when our side of Earth faces the Sun.

• Day

• Dark

• Night

• Spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do the length of shadows on the ground change?

• Because the Earth is orbiting around the Sun.

• Because the Earth rotates, so the Sun goes higher and lower in the sky.

• Because the Sun is rotating around the Earth.

• Because people get taller in the evening and grow shorter around noon.

It takes 24 hours for the Earth to make one full turn on its ______________.

• Orbit

• Night

• Axis

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do we see sunlight only during the day?

• The Sun spins away from the Earth.

• The Moon covers the Sun at night.

• The Sun only gives out light energy during the daytime.

• Only one side of the Earth faces the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The axis is an imaginary line that goes through the ______________ of Earth.

• Center

• Right side

• Left side

• Equator

Earth ALWAYS spins in the same direction.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When our side of Earth faces the Sun, it is ________________ on the other side.

• Day

• Night

• Afternoon

• Bright

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1