Rotations Lesson

What is the BEST explanation for why the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west?

• The Earth rotates clockwise upon its axis

• Earth revolves around the Sun in a counterclockwise direction

• The Earth rotates counterclockwise upon its axis

• The Sun revolves around the Earth in a clockwise direction

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's rotation upon its axis produces what cycle?

• Eclipses

• Day and Night

• Seasons

• Lunar Phases

What causes night to occur on Earth?

• When the Moon is in the sky

• When the side of Earth that you are on rotates away from the Sun and you are in Earths shadow.

• When the side of the Earth you are on rotates over the horizon line to the East

• When the Sun revolves away from the side of Earth that you are located on.

The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called...

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

• dizzy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It takes Earth ​ (a)   to rotate on its axis.

• 24 hours

• 1 month

• 2 weeks

• 46 hours

Rotation : ​ (a)  

• turning on an axis

• orbiting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What effect does the Earth's rotation have on the environment?

• It causes the tides to rise and fall.

• It leads to the formation of mountains.

• It creates day and night.

• It changes the direction of wind and ocean currents.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

What would happen if the Earth did not rotate?

• There would be no gravity.

• There would be no seasons.

• One side of the Earth would always be day and the other always night.

• The Earth would not have an atmosphere.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

How long does it take Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis and one full revolution around the Sun?

• 24 hours and 365 days

• 1 year and 24 hours

• 29.5 days and 1 year

• 24 hours and 24 days

The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's _____

• revolution

• rotation

• precession

• orbit