Causes of Day and Night and Phases of the Moon

Part of the diagram of Earth has a box around it.

What is shown inside the box?

• the South Pole

• the Equator

• the axis of the Earth

• the orbit of the Earth

What is determined by the speed that Earth rotates on its axis?

• the length of a day

• the energy that reaches a location

• the temperature of water in the ocean

• the number of seasons in a year

It takes 24 hours for Earth to make one full rotation. This 24-hour rotation is directly responsible for causing

• seasons

• earthquakes

• day and night

• rain and hail

Jessica 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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How often does the cycle shown in the diagram occur?

• hourly

• daily

• weekly

• monthly

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A vase of flowers was placed on a table outside. At which location on the table will the shadow of the vase MOST likely appear?

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• 2

• 3

• 4

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Students are studying how the position of the Sun and Earth causes day and night. In which diagram does Point X show a place on Earth that is experiencing night?

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What causes nighttime and daytime on Earth?

• the Sun rotating on its axis

• Earth rotating on its axis

• Earth revolving around the Sun

• the Moon revolving around Earth

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Jenny knows that when it is daytime on one part of Earth, it is nighttime on another.

• the rotation of Earth

• the tilt of Earth on its axis

• Earth revolving around the Sun

• the Sun traveling away from Earth

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Which BEST explains why the Sun appears on the horizon every morning?

• The Sun moves in regular patterns around Earth.

• Earth makes a complete revolution around the Sun each day.

• Earth completes one rotation every day.

• The Moon moves out of the way and allows sunlight to reach Earth.

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