5M - The Moon, Earth and Sun

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

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 Earth to make one rotation and one revolution is the exact same.

• Because the Moon rotates on its own axis.

What is the Sun?

• An aestroid

• A star

• A planet

The star at the center of the Solar System that supplies heat and light to earth; its enormous gravity keep the Solar System in orbit.

• satellite

• sun

• craters

• moon

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• space

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What motion of the Earth takes 365 $\frac{1}{4}$ days? 

• Rotation

• Tilting 

• Revolution

• Spinning

The Earth spins on a tilted angle called a (an) 

• Axis
• Invert
• Revolution
• Bounce

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does REVOLUTION mean?

• To SPIN
• To ORBIT or GO AROUND

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4