Unit 23 Section 2

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation
• revolution
• phase
• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Why does Earth have different seasons?

• because of the distance between Earth and the sun

• because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axis

• because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis

• because of the tilt of Earth on its axis as it orbits around the sun

At which time of day will a shadow be shortest?

• 8:00 AM

• 10:00 AM

• Noon

• 2:00 PM

As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.

• months
• day and night
• seasons
• years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's revolution takes about _____.

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 1 month

• 365 days

Why does the sun appear to move across the sky?

• The sun is orbiting the Earth.

• The Earth is orbiting the Sun.

• The sun is rotating on its axis.

• The Earth is rotating on its axis.

The apparent motion of the sun is that it rises in the _____ and sets in the _____.

• north, south

• east, west

• west, east

• south, north

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why is there more daylight in the northern hemisphere during the summer than in the winter?

• The Earth is rotating.

• The moon is blocking the sun.

• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.

• The northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.