Foss Planetary Science Inv. 1 & 2

What is altitude?

• The distance above sea level

• The distance above Earth's surface

• A place where the sky and Earth's surface appear to meet

• A type of breath mint

What is elevation?

• The distance above sea level

• The distance above Earth's surface

• A place where the sky and Earth's surface appear to meet

• A breath mint

Earth's rotation on its axis causes

• the seasons

• Earth's orbit around the Sun

• the day and night cycle

• the moon phases

Point of view is

• A place where the sky and Earth's surface appear to meet

• The distance above the Earth's surface

• A straight line along which an observer can view without obstruction

• The position from which an observation is made

Explain how observing a ship sailing out to sea can provide evidence for a round Earth.

A boy stood on an ocean beach and used a telescope to watch a cruise ship sail away from him. As the ship sailed further across the ocean, the boy would see...

• Only the top of the ship, because the horizon blocked the rest of the ship from view

• The entire ship, because his line of sight curves with the Earth

• Only the top of the ship, because the distance alters the ship's appearance

• The entire ship until it was too small for his eyes to see

Saturn rotates on its axis about once every 11 hours. What is the same and what is different about day and night on Saturn compared to Earth?

Select all of the TRUE statements.

• Rotation and revolution are the same thing

• Earth's revolution is the reason we have day and night

• Earth's revolution is the reason we have seasons

• Earth's rotation is the reason we have day and night

• Earth's rotation is the reason we have seasons.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's rotation lasts for about

• 365 days

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 30 days

About how long is Earth's revolution?

• 365 days

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 30 days