Unit 4 Quiz Review

Earth Rotation

• Spinning

  1° per day

• Spinning

  15° per hour

• Orbiting the Sun

  1° per day

• Orbiting the Sun

  15° per hour

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earth Revolution

• Spinning

  1° per day

• Spinning

  15° per hour

• Orbiting the Sun

  1° per day

• Orbiting the Sun

  15° per hour

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's Rotation Causes

• Day and Night

• Constellation change each month

• Sun/Stars rise in the East and set in the West

• Seasons Change

Earth's Revolution Causes

• Day and Night

• Constellation change each month

• Sun/Stars rise in the East and set in the West

• Seasons Change

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Place the Evidence for Each Motion in the correct Column

Groups:

(a) Evidence for Rotation

,

(b) Evidence for Revolution

• Seasons Change

• Sun/Stars rise and set

• Constellations Changed Monthly

• Day and Night

• Foucault's Pendulum

• Coriolis Effect

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Label the Date with the Correct Path of the Sun

a

b

c

Dec 21st

June 21st

March 21st or September 21st

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the Season with the Latitude the Sun is Positioned Over

• 23½° S

  (Tropic of Capricorn)

• Winter

• 23½° N

  (Tropic of Cancer)

• Summer

• 0°

  (Equator)

• Spring/ Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Label Earth's Position with the Correct Season

d

c

b

a

Summer

Fall

Spring

Winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Is the Sun ever directly over the head of an observer in NY?

• NO!

• YES!

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During which season in NY is our Shadow the Shortest?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1