OpenSciEd 8.4

What is it called when the Earth moves on its axis once a day?

• Revolution

• Rotund

• Rotation

• Rigatoni

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is it called when Earth does a complete circle around the sun?

• Revolution

• Rotund

• Rotation

• Rigatoni

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What causes seasons on Earth?

• The Earth's tilt causes the side that is pointing towards the sun to have summer.

• The Earth is closer to the sun in the summer and farther from the sun in the winter.

• The Earth's axis changes the degree of tilt which causes the seasons.

• The Earth orbits the sun in a day.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which month has the most hours of daylight?

• March

• June

• September

• December

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Communicate results

Form a hypothesis

Ask a question

Draw conclusions

Conduct experiment

Analyze results

Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

If you were going to draw a model of day and night, what celestial objects would you need to include?

• A lamp and a sphere

• The Sun, the Earth and the Moon

• The Sun and the Moon

• The Sun and the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon can be seen from Earth

• Only at nighttime

• Only in the day

• Sometimes at night and sometimes at day

• Anytime at night and anytime in the day

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Why did ancient peoples look at the sky and pay attention to the patterns they found there?

• They thought the stars were pretty

• They used them to help with agriculture and migration.

• They used them to tell them who to marry.

• They didn't care about them at all.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why is there a star that doesn't appear to move in the sky?

• Because our axis points directly at it

• Because it is far enough away that we don't see it move

• Because it is following the same path that Earth is through space

• Because it is Nog

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