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A student is looking for evidence that Earth is always rotating on its axis. Which of the following would provide the best evidence?

• The different amount of rain that falls each day

• The appearance of shadows changing throughout the day

• The presence of other planets in the night sky

• The different phases of the moon in a month

Shadows cast by objects change throughout the day. The picture below shows the shadow cast by a tree at 3:00 P.M. Which picture shows how the tree’s shadow most likely looked at 9:00 A.M.?

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The spinning of a planet on its axis is known as____.

• orbiting

• revolving

• rotation

• turning

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Which diagram best explains why the sun appears to move across the sky each day?

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When the sun is just above the East horizon, which of the following is true?

• Sunset will occur in less than 2 hours.

• Sunrise occurred within the last 6 hours.

• Sunrise will occur in less than 2 hours.

• Sunset occurred within the last 6 hours.

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A teacher asked three students to write a statement related to day and night on Earth. Their responses are shown below. Student 1: The sun appears to rise in the West and sets in the East. Student 2: The sun appears to move across the sky each day because Earth rotates on its axis. Student 3: We experience day and night because the moon orbits Earth. Which of the students wrote a true statement about day and night?

• Student 1 only

• Students 1 and 3 only

• Student 2 only

• Students 2 and 3 only

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A lab team records the change of a shadow's length through the day in the table below.

The shadows length changes because---

• the Sun appears to move across the sky as Earth rotates.

• the Sun orbits Earth.

• The Sun blocks the light, forming a shadow.

• Earth revolves on its axis.

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Which of the following statements is true?

• Earth's revolution causes the day and night cycle.

• Earth takes 24 hours to revolves around the sun.

• Earth rotates once every 24 hours.

• The positions of other planets affect the day and night cycle.

Which arrow shows the movement that causes the day and night on Earth?

• Arrow 1

• Arrow 2

• Arrow 3

• Arrow 4

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Which one of these cycles is a direct result of Earth's rotation ?

• moon phases

• seasons

• day and night

• rainfall and evaporation