Astronomy Practice

Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis

• Rotation
• Compass
• Sundail
• Movement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What creates the phases of the Moon?

• Moons orbit around Earth

• Moons rotation around Earth

• Earth's rotation around the moon

• Sun's rotation

Why does Earth have seasons?

• The Moon's orbit

• The Sun's rotation

• The Earth's rotation

• The Earth's orbit

Why does the Sun appear to move across the sky?

• The Sun is orbiting the Earth

• The Earth is orbiting the Sun

• Earth's rotation

• Sun's rotation

Shadows change length throughout the day because ___

• The Sun's rotation

• The Earth's rotation

• The Moon's rotation

• The Earth's orbit

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

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

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

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Shadows are longest during _______.

• morning and evening

• noon

• night

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Shadows are shortest around______.

• morning and evening

• noon

• night

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The sun appears to __________.

• rise in the east, set in the west

• rise in the west, set in the east

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2