8.7A Rotation/Revolution

In the diagram above, the Northern Hemisphere would be in what season at Position A?

• Fall

• Spring

• Summer

• Winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Students use a flashlight and a glove to model how Earth's rotation causes days and nights. What is one possible advantage of this model?

• The flashlight and glove show how Earth's rotation causes day and night

• The flashlight and globe are scale-sized models of the sun and Earth

• The model shows the amount of sunlight that shines on Earth

• The actual distance between the sun and Earth is represented

Early scientists believed the sun revolved around Earth. What do modern scientists believe about the revolution of the sun and Earth?

• Earth revolves around the sun, causing day and night

• Earth revolves around the sun, causing seasons, as well as day and night

• Earth revolves around the sun on a tilted axis, causing a change in seasons, and Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night

• Earth revolves around the sun, causing day and night, and Earth rotates on its axis, causing a change in seasons

Which diagram reflects daytime hours for Position X?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Where would the sun appear in the diagram below if A is experiencing winter?

• Location W

• Location X

• Location Y

• Location Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In the diagram below, Earth's Southern Hemisphere is experiencing

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Which best explains the changes in the seasons?

• Seasons change as a result of high temperatures caused by Earth's tilt and revolution around the sun

• Seasons change as light from the sun hits Earth's atmosphere and as Earth rotates around the sun

• Seasons change as a result of the temperature decreasing because of Earth's revolution around the sun

• Seasons change due to the amount of sunlight hitting Earth and Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun

Which term best completes the analogy in the box?

• Night

• Orbit

• Year

• Sun

What information belongs in section B of the diagram?

• Causes seasons

• Causes day and night

• Movement of Earth

• None of the above

Causes day and night would be found in which section of the diagram?

• C

• B

• A

• A, B, and C