Earth's Rotation 1-20

Earth's Rotation 5.8C

Day and Night

Materials Needed

• Canvas open to Science Course

• This Quizizz

• Zoom

• STEMscopes (Content Connections)

Earth's Rotation 8.9c

We will explore the Sun’s apparent movement as evidence that the rotation of the Earth on its axis is the cause of the day and night cycle.

I will justify how the Sun’s apparent movement as evidence that the rotation of the Earth on its axis is the cause of the day and night cycle.

Open Ended

Have you ever been on a long road trip or plane ride and after a long time it no longer felt like you were moving?

Content Connections Video

Play the Video from STEMscopes

Multiple Select

Which direction does the earth move in? (There is more than one correct answer)

• West to East

• Clockwise

• East to West

• CounterClockwise

Fill in the Blanks

The earth takes

hours in order to complete a full rotation.

Multiple Choice

The sun and the stars move across the sky throughout the day.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Why do we have day and night?

• The earth's rotation creates day/night. One half experiences day, the other night until it spins around.

• The Earth moves around the sun in a circle or revolution. This creates day and night because sometimes we are facing the sun during this revolution.

• The sun moves around the earth. When the sun is on your side of the earth it is day time.

• All of the above are true.

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