Earth's Motion

Earth's Motion

5th Grade

25 Qs

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Earth's Motion

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

5th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-PS2-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which term describes when the Earth spins on its axis.

Rotation

Revolution

Kepler's Laws

Precession

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which term describes the time it takes for Earth to complete one circle around the sun.

Rotation

Revolution

Kepler's 1st Law

Barycenter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which statement is true?

  Earth rotates around the sun and revolves on its axis.

  The sun revolves around Earth over a 24-hour time period.

  Earth rotates on its axis, and revolves around the sun.

  Earth revolves around the sun and the moon.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which type of motion causes night / day? 

Rotation

Revolution

Kepler's 1st Law

Nutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which motion do the arrows in the diagram represent?

(1) Earth’s rotation 

(2) the Sun’s rotation

(3) Earth’s revolution

(4) the Sun’s revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The motion of one object around another.

rotation

revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

7.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The earth moving around the sun is called ​ (a)   .

revolution

rotation

time

seasons

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