Celestial Sphere

What is the name of the star closest to the Celestial North Pole?

• the Sun

• Vega

• Polaris

• Orion

The diagram below represents the sun's path at equinox. According to the position of the Sun below, what is a possible time of the location?

• 9 am

• 12 noon

• 6 pm

• 3 pm

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which statement correctly describes the rising and setting of the Sun？

• the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west

• the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east

• the Sun rises in the north and sets in the south

• the Sun rises in the west and sets in the north

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which diagram best represents the apparent path of the Sun on June 21^st?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which sun's path best represents the summer solstice?

• A

• B

• C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which characteristic of the Sun’s apparent daily path stays constant from month X to month Z?

• the times of sunrise and sunset

• altitude of the noon Sun

• length of time that the Sun moves along its apparent path

• rate of the Sun’s movement along its apparent path

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What time is at position 3?

• 12 p.m. (noon)

• 9 a.m.

• 3 p.m.

• 6 p.m.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

State the day represented by Sun's Path Z.

• September 23
• December 21
• March 20
• June 21

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the sun gets higher in the sky, shadows get ______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

When the sun gets lower in the sky, shadows get______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1