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Which of the following takes about one day?

• One rotation of the Earth on its axis

• One revolution of the Moon around Earth

• One orbit of the Earth around the Sun

• One rotation of the clouds across the sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earth rotates on its axis giving us night and day. Earth’s axis is -

• the path of the Earth as it orbits the Sun

• a line between light and dark parts of Earth

• a band of clouds around the center of Earth

• an imaginary line through the poles of Earth

• add a sphere representing the moon between the sphere representing earth and the lamp

• walk around the lamp while holding the sphere representing the earth

• spin the sphere representing earth on the stick

• add a sphere representing the moon to the left of the sphere representing earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

• The moon's rotation on its axis causing day and night

• Earth's orbit around the sun causing day and night

• The sun's orbit around Earth causing day and night

• The Earth's rotation on its axis causing day and night

• Shadow A appeared in the evening

• Shadow B appeared at midnight

• Shadow C appeared just before sunset

• Shadow A appeared around 4pm

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

• observation 1 and 3 only

• observation 2 only

• observation 2 and 4 only

• observation 1, 3, and 4 only

• location x is experiencing sunset

• the sun appears to rise in the east

• earth rotates on its axis

• location Y is experiencing nighttime

• the moon's revolution around earth

• sun's orbit around earth

• earth's orbit around the sun

• earth's rotation on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1