Earth Days Video

What causes day and night?

• The sun's ROTATION

• The tilt of the earth on its axis

• The earth's ROTATION on its axis every 24 hours

The ________ of Earth on its axis every 24 hours is responsible for the patterns that we see repeating every day.

• axis

• equator

• rotation

• revolution

The __________ of Earth around the sun every 365 days is responsible for the patterns that we see repeating every year.

• Rotation

• revolution

• change

• axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

It takes the earth _______ days to ROTATE around the sun.

• 30

• 60

• 180

• 365

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Two students drew a model representing why we have "day" and "night" on Earth. Which student has the correct model?

• Student A

• Student B

• Both are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Our Earth cycles through day and night regularly. This cycle allows us to have a way to keep track of time and schedule our daily lives. Most of our activities and interactions occur during the day and most of our sleeping occurs at night. Without a regular day and night cycle, people's schedules would be quite different from one another.

• The day and night cycle is the length of time it takes the Earth to rotate one time.

  
  

• On Earth, one day and night cycle is 24 hours long.

  
  

• The sun appears to rise from the same direction and set in the same direction daily.

  
  

• The day and night cycle allowed people to be able to tell time before clocks were invented.

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following best describes why we experience day and night?

• The Earth orbits around the Sun

• The Moon blocks the Sun's light

• The Earth rotates on its axis

• The Sun moves around the Earth

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

The earth rotates around it's axis over

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 30 days

What is the primary reason for the occurrence of seasons on Earth?

• The Earth's distance from the Sun changes

• The Earth's axis is tilted relative to its orbit

• The Sun's energy output varies

• The Earth's orbit is a perfect circle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following phenomena is responsible for the changing length of daylight throughout the year?

• The Earth's rotation

• The Earth's axial tilt

• The Earth's revolution around the Sun

• The Moon's orbit around the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1