Science

The time Earth takes to make one

complete rotation in relation to the Sun

• sidereal day

• solar day

• orbital plane

• equinox

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The time Earth takes to make

one complete rotation compared with a distant

star.

• orbital plane

• solar day

• sidereal day

• spring equinox

The day when the Sun

rises exactly in the east because neither pole

tilts toward or away from the Sun (March 20 or

March 21 in the northern hemisphere)

• sumer solstice

• spring equinox

• fall equinox

• winter solstice

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The day when the Sun

appears to move through its highest path in

the sky (June 21 or June 22 in the northern

hemisphere).

• spring equinox

• fall equinox

• winter equinox

• summer solstice

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In the northern hemisphere,

the day when the Sun appears to reach its lowest

or southernmost point in the sky (December 21

or December 22)

• winter solstice

• spring equinox

• summer solstice

• equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

he moment between the solstices

when Earth moves into a position where neither

end of Earth’s axis points toward or away from

the Sun and the length of day and night are

equal.

• orbital plane

• equinox

• solstice

• summer solstice

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moment when the North Pole

points directly toward or away from the Sun

• solstice

• equinox

• fall equinox

• orbital plane

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The plane defined by a planet’s

orbital path around the Sun

• equinox

• solstice

• orbital plane

• spring equinox