Patterns of Earth & Sky

True or False: 
The Sun revolves around the Earth

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the best explanation for seasons?

• The Earth orbits the sun

• The Earth spins once a day, causing day and night

• The Earth is farther away from the sun at times and closer at other times

The reason that the sun is brighter to us than all of other stars in the sky is that it is…

• the biggest star in the universe.
• the hottest star in the universe.
• the oldest star in the universe.
• the closest star to Earth in the universe.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The diagram below shows the path of the Earth as it travels around the sun. About how long will it take the Earth to get from point A to point B?

• 12 hours

• 1 day

• 6 months

• 1 year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Gravity can best be described as a force that…

• pushes you down towards the center of the Earth

• pulls you down towards the Earth.

• can push and pull you, depending on where you are on Earth.

• can pull you both down towards the Earth and up towards the sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Something we observe to be similar over and over again

• pattern

• orbit

• evidence

• investigation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The only star in our solar system

• Sun

• Polaris

• Sirius

• Rigel

The length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun once

• Night

• Year

• Day

• 24 Hrs.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Day and night on Earth are caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axis.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

^{What does the Earth orbit around?}

• axis
• sun
• orbit
• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2