Earth's Rotation

Which statement best compares the length of Earth’s rotation to the length of Earth’s revolution?

• Rotation is equal to 28 days, and revolution is equal to 365 days.

• Rotation is equal to 365 days, and revolution is equal to 28 days.

• Rotation is equal to 24 hours, and revolution is equal to 365 days.

• Rotation is equal to 28 days, and revolution is equal to 24 hours.

A student learned that the movement of Earth in the solar system causes changes that can be seen on the planet. Which change could be seen on Earth in the time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis?

• day becoming night

• winter changing to spring

• January changing to February

• A new moon becoming a full moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Four students have drawn and labeled pictures on the chalkboard.

Which drawing best shows the cause of day and night on Earth?

• Earth revolving around Sun

• Sun orbiting Earth

• Moon moving between Earth and Sun

• Earth rotating on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A fifth grader watches the Sun set in the evening sky. What causes the setting of the Sun?

• The distance between Earth and the Sun is increasing.

• The tilt of Earth on its axis is constantly changing.

• Earth is revolving around the Sun.

• Earth is rotating on its axis.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Look at the pictures in order from left to right.

Which best explains what happens at Point X as Earth rotates?

• Night becomes day.

• Fall becomes winter.

• A full moon appears

• A solar eclipse occurs.

Two friends were playing outside at sunset. They had to go inside their homes when it became dark. Which best explains why the day became night?

• Part of Earth faces away from the Sun at night.

• Earth moves far away from the Sun each night.

• The Moon blocks light from the Sun at night.

• The Sun stops producing light each night.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A teacher demonstrates the day and night cycle to a group of students using a globe and a lamp. Students are asked to write a valid conclusion about how the day and night cycle occurs naturally on Earth.

• The sun rotates on its axis once approximately every 30 days.

• The sun revolves around the Earth approximately every 365

  days.

• The Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours.

• The moon revolves around the Earth once approximately every

  28 days.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Examine the chart above.

Which answer choice best fits in the missing blank?

• High and low tides

• Gravitational pull

• Moon phases

• Apparent movement of the Sun across

  the sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

All of the following picture are like Earth’s rotation EXCEPT-

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which of the following best demonstrates the motion of rotation?

• A

• B

• C

• D