Earth's Rotation and Seasons

Earth's Rotation and Seasons

4th Grade

11 Qs

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Earth's Rotation and Seasons

Earth's Rotation and Seasons

Assessment

Quiz

Science

4th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS2-6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tynicia McCoy

Used 5+ times

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt


Why do some places on Earth experience changes of the seasons?
 

  1. Earth gets closer or farther from the Sun.

  1. Earth rotates on a tilted axis as it orbits the Sun.

  1. The appearance of the Moon changes over time.

  1. Water on the Earth evaporates because of the Sun's energy.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why does Earth have day and night?

  1. Earth rotates on its axis

  1. Earth revolves around the Sun.

  1. Earth revolves around the Moon.

  1. The Moon revolves around the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why are there more daylight hours in Georgia during the summer than during the winter?

  1. There is no snow to reflect sunlight.

  1. The northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun.

  1. Sunlight makes growing plants give off more water vapor.

  1. There is higher levels of rainfall and it absorbs energy from the Sun.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

If Earth did not tilt on its axis, what would happen?

  1. Eclipses of the Moon would not be observed.

  1. The days of the month would be equal.

  1. The length of daylight would remain the same.

  1. Tides would happen weekly instead of daily.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Earth would no longer have seasons if which of the following changes happened?

  1. More moons orbited the Earth.

  1. Earth no longer had a tilted axis.

  1. Earth orbited the Sun more quickly.

  1. Humans moved towards Earth's poles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In Georgia, there are two days during the year when the length of daylight is the same, 12 hours.  When do these days occur?

  1. fall and spring

  1. June and July

  1. winter and summer

  1. the hottest part of the year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A student is building a model of the Earth-Sun system to demonstrate why days are long in the summer and short in the winter. In this model, a sphere representing Earth will revolve around a sphere representing the Sun. The sphere representing Earth will also rotate on its axis.

Which property of the real Earth-Sun system is it most important for the student to model accurately in order to reproduce the relative lengths of day and night?

  1. The relative lengths of the day and the year, because the length of a day is determined by the fraction of a year it represents.

  1. Earth's tilt on its axis, because day length changes as the tilt of the axis relative to the position of the Sun changes throughout the year.

  1. Variation in Earth's distance from the Sun, because day length changes as the distance between Earth and Sun changes throughout the year.

  1. The relative sizes of Earth and the Sun, because the larger size of the Sun allows it to produce daylight on Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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