Days/Nights and Seasons

Approximately how long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun?

• 24 hours
• 1 month
• 365 days
• 365 years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What happens as Earth rotates?

• The sun appears to rise
• The sun moves across the sky
• The sun appears to set
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following means to turn on an axis?

• relax
• rotate
• revolve 
• return

Which direction does the sun appear to rise in?

• South
• North
• East
• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When it is day on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?

• Summer
• Winter
• Night
• Day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What passes through the North and South pole?

• Sunlight
• Moonlight
• Water
• Earth's axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As Earth continues to rotate and turn, the Sun seems to move as it sets in the ______.

• East
• South
• North
• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes day and night?

• The earth rotating on its axis
• The earth revolving around the sun
• The axis' tilting back and forth
• The phases of the moon

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Earth rotates on its......

• hemispheres
• poles
• axis
• continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If the earth didn't rotate on its axis.  What natural cycle would this affect?

• seasons
• tides
• day and night
• moon phases

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6