Sun, Earth, Moon

What causes day and night?

• The sun's ROTATION

• The tilt of the earth on its axis

• The earth's ROTATION on its axis every 24 hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a REVOLUTION?

• When one object orbits around another object

• When one object rotates in place on an axis

• When two objects spin around each other

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is a ROTATION?

• When one object orbits around another object.

• When one object spins around on its axis

• When two objects move around each other

How long does it take Earth to make one REVOLUTION AROUND the Sun?

• 24 hours (one day)

• 365 days (one year)

• 11 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do we only see one side of the Moon?

• because the amount of time it takes the Moon to make one rotation and one revolution is the exact same

• because the amount of time it takes the Moon to make one rotation and one revolution is the exact same

• because the amount of time it takes the Moon to make one rotation and one revolution is the exact same

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun rises in the.....EW

• East

• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun sets in the....EW

• east

• west

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which is the third planet from the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

What is the Sun?

• An aestroid

• A star

• A planet

The sun is a planet.. True or False?

• True

• False