Unit 5: Lesson 2: What Daily Patterns Can Be Observed?

The diagram shows Earth spinning on its axis.

What would happen if Earth spun on its axis faster than it does now?

• Earth would be hotter.

• A day would be shorter than 24 hours.

• A year would be longer than 365 days.

• There would be more than four seasons.

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Why do the length of shadows change throughout the day?

• because of the revolution of Earth around the sun

• because of the revolution of the moon around Earth

• because of the apparent rising and setting of the sun

• because of the apparent movement of stars in a circle

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The moon moves in a circle around Earth. Which word means to move in a circle around an object?

• orbit

• cycle

• shine

• spin

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Which of these is responsible for the apparent movement of stars in the sky during one night?

• Earth’s tilt

• Earth orbiting the sun

• the moon orbiting Earth

• Earth rotating about its axis

Which of these cycles does the spinning motion of Earth cause?

• the cycle of the tides

• the cycle of the seasons

• the day-and-night cycle

• the phases-of-the-moon cycle

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What determines the length of a planet’s day?

• tilt

• orbit

• moons

• rotation

The girl in the picture has a model that is used to study one of Earth’s cycles.

Which cycle seen on Earth is the girl studying with this model?

• day and night

• the four seasons

• low tide and high tide

• the phases of the moon

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A sign makes a shadow on the playground. Mary drew the shadow at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Which of these explains the differences in the shadow at these two times?

• As Earth gets closer to the sun, shadows become shorter.

• The distance between Earth and the sun changes during the day.

• The angle between the sun and the signpost changes during the day.

• As the sun gets brighter, the size of the shadow made by the signpost increases.

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The diagram shows the sun at different places in the sky during the summer.

Where is the most likely location of the sun at 7:00 a.m.?

• Location 2

• Location 3

• between Locations 1 and 2

• between Locations 2 and 3

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Lucca is studying the length of day in a town in North Dakota. He records the sunrise time and sunset time on the fifteenth day of every month for one year. He calculates the number of daylight hours and minutes for those days. Lucca records his data in a table.

Which of these is supported by Lucca’s data?

• During the summer months, the sun is closer to Earth.

• The evenings are darker in the winter than in the summer.

• The orbit around the sun affects the sunrise and sunset times.

• When the day is longer than 24 hours, the hours of sunlight are longer.

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