Earth & Sun Unit Test

By looking at the shadow, the time of day could be...

• sunrise
• noon
• midnight
• unable to tell

The imaginary line that passes north to south on the globe

• orbit
• axis
• revolve
• there's no such thing

The spinning of a planet on its axis

• rotation
• revolution
• traveling
• spinning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The sun appears to rise in the _______ and set in the ________

• west, east
• east, west
• north, south
• north, east

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The length of a shadow throughout the day goes from long to short and then long again 

• True
• False
• IDK?

In the morning, a shadow will be cast in which direction?

• north
• east
• west
• south

One complete trip of the Earth around the Sun is called a 

• rotation
• revolution
• sunset

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The time between sunrise and sunset 

• day
• night
• year
• morning

• rotation
• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes day and night?

• Earth's rotation
• Earth's revolution around the Sun
• The Sun rotates around the Earth