Planets/Earth's Rotation

The order of the planets is:

• Mars,Venus,Earth,
  Mercury,Saturn
  Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
• Earth,Venus,Mars
  Jupiter, Neptune,
  Mercury,Saturn,
  Uranus
• Mercury,Venus,Earth
  Mars,Jupiter,
  Saturn,Uranus
  Neptune

Which planet is fifth from the sun?

• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Mars
• Earth

Which planet is seventh from the sun?

• Saturn
• Earth
• Venus
• Uranus

which planet is the third from the sun?

• Mercury 
• Neptune 
• Pluto 
• Earth 

Which is the second closest planet to the sun?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Venus
• Mercury

What two planets are closest to the asteroid belt?

• Mars & Jupiter
• Pluto & Mercury
• Earth and Mars
• Uranus and Saturn

A student learned that the movement of Earth in the solar system causes changes that can be seen on the planet. Which change could be seen on Earth in the time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis?

• day becoming night

• winter changing to spring

• January changing to February

• A new moon becoming a full moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Four students have drawn and labeled pictures on the chalkboard.

Which drawing best shows the cause of day and night on Earth?

• Earth revolving around Sun

• Sun orbiting Earth

• Moon moving between Earth and Sun

• Earth rotating on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Look at the pictures in order from left to right.

Which best explains what happens at Point X as Earth rotates?

• Night becomes day.

• Fall becomes winter.

• A full moon appears

• A solar eclipse occurs.

A teacher demonstrates the day and night cycle to a group of students using a globe and a lamp. Students are asked to write a valid conclusion about how the day and night cycle occurs naturally on Earth.

• The sun rotates on its axis once approximately every 30 days.

• The sun revolves around the Earth approximately every 365

  days.

• The Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours.

• The moon revolves around the Earth once approximately every

  28 days.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1